Robert M Jones wrote:
[Quoted Text] > In my user account (Win XP Home) on some of my "smaller simpler"
> programs I see white boxes around the menu items (Notepad Plus for
> example - but most other programs do not show this)
>
> This doesn't happen in my adminstrator account if I open Notepad Plus
> there, yet I am not aware of any program that loads in user account and
> not in admin account.
>
> Anyone got any ideas what might cause this?
>
> (I also get the Proxy Desktop problem at the moment with multiple
> incidences of Explorer open, in Task Manager, and explorer windows not
> actually opening when shortcuts are clicked on, so have just uninstalled
> my Nero DVD burning programs to see if that cures it - but the Notepad
> Plus menus are still in little white boxes)
>
> Only started happening three or four weeks ago.
>
> Around the same time I noticed that if I opened the file menu in Firefox
> and used Open File... then it was difficult to scroll through the list
> of files using the mouse - just hovering over the horizontal scroll bar
> in the file dialog, makes the list scroll fast. I can't see any link but
> thought I'd mention it. The same thing does not happen for example in
> the equivalent dialog in Word 2003.
>
> Antivirus is Sunbelt VIPRE. firewall latest Zone Alarm free.
> Just done a full scan with VIPRE - all clear.
>
> Many thanks. Sorry for the vagueness of the question.
>
got this answer elsewhere on microsoft.public.windowsxp.general from
Nightowl and it worked!
The advice on this page on MVP Ramesh's site may help:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/uglymenubar.htm
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