Switching from HDMI to DVI troubleshooting

I've been using HDMI, and it works pretty well but has some scaling issues with my monitor.

I want to try DVI, but when I set my monitor to DVI all I get is my desktop background. No icons, windows, etc.

I'm assuming there's a setting I have to change?

Just have the one monitor, desktop computer. Here's a screengrab of how that's set:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5922/screenlh.jpg

Although now DVI has no signal.

The icons and Taskbar/Start will only show on the secondary monitor if you Clone the display (have both monitors show the same screen) or make the secondary monitor your primary one. The Taskbar/Start will only be on the designated primary display.

On the screenshot, you have the settings at extended, not clone. Hence, no icons or Taskbar/Start on the secondary monitor.

If you have only one monitor, set your Properties to one/single monitor.

Works, thank you very much!