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This is nearly a year after these posts (March 1, 2010). I just brought an
older Pentium 4 computer pack on line. It has been sitting for over a year.
I upgraded the Windows XP to SP3 and downloaded about 50 updates. All of the
hardware updates and most of the software updates are installed.
I noticed today that my Explorer 8 menu tool bars are blacked out, just as
described above. I tried everything I could think of, and then tried
changing the themes (I never use anything but the Classic Windows theme. I
changed it ti Windows XP theme, it changed and fixed the problem. I changed
it back to Classic and it is now back to normal.
Yes, I'd say there is a bug here, maybe from SP3? Or one of the many other
updates? This is very strange.
Anyone else find an answer to this??
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Vee
"Bill Bradshaw" wrote:
> Bill Bradshaw wrote:
> > For some reason my menu bar and the favorites bar in IE 8 are black. I
> > can not see the menu items but they are there and the pulldown
> > menus are fine (black letters - gray background). Running WinXP Pro
> > SP3 with the Windows Classic menus. How do I change the background
> > color?
>
> I started up IE 8 this morning and the black tool bars were back. I
> went into the themes and changed the theme from Windows Classic to
> Windows XP and the bars changed to gray with black lettering. I then
> changed the theme from Windows XP back to Windows Classic and the bars
> stayed gray with black lettering. There is some kind of bug here.
> --
>
>
> Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska.
>
>
>
older Pentium 4 computer pack on line. It has been sitting for over a year.
I upgraded the Windows XP to SP3 and downloaded about 50 updates. All of the
hardware updates and most of the software updates are installed.
I noticed today that my Explorer 8 menu tool bars are blacked out, just as
described above. I tried everything I could think of, and then tried
changing the themes (I never use anything but the Classic Windows theme. I
changed it ti Windows XP theme, it changed and fixed the problem. I changed
it back to Classic and it is now back to normal.
Yes, I'd say there is a bug here, maybe from SP3? Or one of the many other
updates? This is very strange.
Anyone else find an answer to this??
--
Vee
"Bill Bradshaw" wrote:
> Bill Bradshaw wrote:
> > For some reason my menu bar and the favorites bar in IE 8 are black. I
> > can not see the menu items but they are there and the pulldown
> > menus are fine (black letters - gray background). Running WinXP Pro
> > SP3 with the Windows Classic menus. How do I change the background
> > color?
>
> I started up IE 8 this morning and the black tool bars were back. I
> went into the themes and changed the theme from Windows Classic to
> Windows XP and the bars changed to gray with black lettering. I then
> changed the theme from Windows XP back to Windows Classic and the bars
> stayed gray with black lettering. There is some kind of bug here.
> --
>
>
> Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska.
>
>
>