white boxes around menu items in some programs

[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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[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

--
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.

 

[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.

--
Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
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[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