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IE 8.0 shows black menu, favorites, command, status bars
My menu, favorites, command and status bars in IE 8.0 are all black and I can't see the text for each icon. The icons are showing, and drop downs work if I click, but this colour scheme is not helpful. Everything else works. Help please.
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Is it possible that a hostile browser helper object has infested IE?
Don't use the Classic theme for Windows.
If using a theming utility (e.g., WindowBlinds), configure it to exclude Internet Explorer. These tools often screw up several apps because they don't really know how to modify the theme inside those apps.
If using a theming utility (e.g., WindowBlinds), configure it to exclude Internet Explorer. These tools often screw up several apps because they don't really know how to modify the theme inside those apps.
>>> Don't use the Classic theme for Windows.
That is not helpful, because the Classic Theme works wonderfully well and is bomb-proof.
... Thinkpads_User
That is not helpful, because the Classic Theme works wonderfully well and is bomb-proof.
... Thinkpads_User
To thinkpads_user:
The Classic theme is not bomb-proof, plus it may not be the default configuration but a modified one. It is the theme that some users is active when the black bars problem appears. Sometimes switching away from the Classic theme (to apply a different theme) and switch back to the Classic theme fixes the black bars problem, sometimes not. No theme is bomb-proof as its implementation depends on how the application inherits or employs that theme for its GUI objects. I haven't kept track of which version of IE the user is reporting the black bars problem but it seems to be a defect in IE8.
http://iecustomizer.com/Resources/Articles/BlackToolbars.aspx
See "Replication" section.
The Classic theme is not bomb-proof, plus it may not be the default configuration but a modified one. It is the theme that some users is active when the black bars problem appears. Sometimes switching away from the Classic theme (to apply a different theme) and switch back to the Classic theme fixes the black bars problem, sometimes not. No theme is bomb-proof as its implementation depends on how the application inherits or employs that theme for its GUI objects. I haven't kept track of which version of IE the user is reporting the black bars problem but it seems to be a defect in IE8.
http://iecustomizer.com/Resources/Articles/BlackToolbars.aspx
See "Replication" section.
>>> The Classic theme is not bomb-proof,
It has never once ever cause a problem or a crash on any machine of mine or any I have ever built. So some other OS corruption probably causes the issue. For me, it is truly bomb-proof. This is true in IE6, 7, 8, and 9 (beta). YMMV.
... Thinkpads_User
It has never once ever cause a problem or a crash on any machine of mine or any I have ever built. So some other OS corruption probably causes the issue. For me, it is truly bomb-proof. This is true in IE6, 7, 8, and 9 (beta). YMMV.
... Thinkpads_User
How'd we get from a video artifact (black bars) to a crash (of the OS or app)?
If not, go into IE -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced and do a Reset. This resets favourites, passwords and such like so make sure you have a record of things. Reset is a standard way to clear IE issues. ... Thinkpads_User