white boxes around menu items in some programs

[Guest Robert M Jones]

WinXP Home - with all latest updates installed

 

In my user account (but not in my Admin account) I see little white

boxes around the text of the main items in the menu bar of some programs

(but not all - not in MSOffice for example but I do see it in Notepad

Plus, and Mailwasher).

 

I do NOT see these white boxes if I open the same programs in my Admin

account.

I am not aware of any program that is open in the user account that is

not also in the Admin account.

 

I use ZoneAlrm free as a firewall, Skype, Mailwasher Pro 6.3, Winzip

Quickpick, Counterspy VIPRE, RealPopup, - these are all present in both

admin and user accounts.

 

Anyone any ideas please?

Many thanks in advance.

 

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[Guest Nightowl]

Re: white boxes around menu items in some programs

 

Hello Robert

 

The advice on this page on MVP Ramesh's site may help:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/uglymenubar.htm

 

Good luck. Let us know how it goes :-)

 

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Nightowl

 

 

Robert M Jones <robert53newsgroups-ms2@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote on Sat,

25 Oct 2008:

>WinXP Home - with all latest updates installed

>

>In my user account (but not in my Admin account) I see little white

>boxes around the text of the main items in the menu bar of some

>programs (but not all - not in MSOffice for example but I do see it in

>Notepad Plus, and Mailwasher).

>

>I do NOT see these white boxes if I open the same programs in my Admin

>account.

>I am not aware of any program that is open in the user account that is

>not also in the Admin account.

>

>I use ZoneAlrm free as a firewall, Skype, Mailwasher Pro 6.3, Winzip

>Quickpick, Counterspy VIPRE, RealPopup, - these are all present in both

>admin and user accounts.

>

>Anyone any ideas please?

>Many thanks in advance.

[Guest Robert M Jones]

Re: white boxes around menu items in some programs

 

Nightowl wrote:

> Hello Robert

>

> The advice on this page on MVP Ramesh's site may help:

> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/uglymenubar.htm

>

> Good luck. Let us know how it goes :-)

>

 

Great - many thanks. That fixed it beautifully. First part of the fix

did it.

 

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goes to our partners in Bulgaria)

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[Guest Nightowl]

Re: white boxes around menu items in some programs

 

Robert M Jones <robert53newsgroups-ms2@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote on Sat,

25 Oct 2008:

>Nightowl wrote:

>> Hello Robert

>> The advice on this page on MVP Ramesh's site may help:

>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/uglymenubar.htm

>> Good luck. Let us know how it goes :-)

>>

>

>Great - many thanks. That fixed it beautifully. First part of the fix

>did it.

>

 

Great, I'm really glad Ramesh's fix sorted things out for you, and

thanks for letting us know.

 

Best wishes,

--

Nightowl