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From: Steve Giannoni on 8 Apr 2010 17:21
The different "bars" of my Internet Explorer heading are now overlayed
with a solid black cast making navigation very difficult. All
functions otherwise appear to be working. Problem does not happen in
the Safe Mode. Help & advice greatly appreciated & thanks ...
From: Grinder on 8 Apr 2010 17:24
On 4/8/2010 4:21 PM, Steve Giannoni wrote:
> The different "bars" of my Internet Explorer heading are now overlayed
> with a solid black cast making navigation very difficult. All
> functions otherwise appear to be working. Problem does not happen in
> the Safe Mode. Help& advice greatly appreciated& thanks ...

Was there some event that preceded this behavior?

For instance, did you install some new bit of software or run a spyware
cleaner? Cruddy video card drivers can produce many odd results. Have
you "updated" them recently?

From: Steve Giannoni on 8 Apr 2010 17:32
No "events" preceded onset of the problem. How to deal with the video
card drivers ? ...

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:24:56 -0500, Grinder <grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com>
wrote:

>On 4/8/2010 4:21 PM, Steve Giannoni wrote:
>> The different "bars" of my Internet Explorer heading are now overlayed
>> with a solid black cast making navigation very difficult. All
>> functions otherwise appear to be working. Problem does not happen in
>> the Safe Mode. Help& advice greatly appreciated& thanks ...
>
>Was there some event that preceded this behavior?
>
>For instance, did you install some new bit of software or run a spyware
>cleaner? Cruddy video card drivers can produce many odd results. Have
>you "updated" them recently?
From: Grinder on 8 Apr 2010 19:13
On 4/8/2010 4:32 PM, Steve Giannoni wrote:
> No "events" preceded onset of the problem. How to deal with the video
> card drivers ? ...

If you have automatic updates, either from Windows or some other
facility, it can sometimes be hard to correlate a bad update with its
symptoms.

- - - - - - - -

As far as video card drivers, I would find the current set for your
chipset and operating system from the chipset manufacturer. For
instance, if you have a Radeon HD 4350 from Gigabyte, I would get the
drivers from ATi instead of Gigabyte.

What motherboard do you have?

If you're using a video card (as opposed to video integrated into the
motherboard,) what card is it?

What operating system are you running?

- - - - - - - -

I should also mention that this problem could also be caused by some
crappy IE add-in. A popular form of spyware is a shitastic IE toolbar
that replaces the browser's built-in search function. They're typically
poorly written and devoid of ethical or practical software development
conventions.

Take a look at the list of toolbars available in IE. What items are in
there? Uninstall, if you can, any of those that aren't part of the
standard set.
From: Steve Giannoni on 8 Apr 2010 21:06
Many thanks for all the detailed info. Unfortunately, you're way, WAY
ahead of me. The system is a Dell Dimension 8200 and I think the video
is GeForce4 MX 420, running Windows XP home. Not ready yet to dig
around inside the system. Automatic updates is probably what brought
me this trouble. Foolish me for expecting a simple solution ...

PS - why does Safe mode cure it ?

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:13:00 -0500, Grinder <grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com>
wrote:

>On 4/8/2010 4:32 PM, Steve Giannoni wrote:
>> No "events" preceded onset of the problem. How to deal with the video
>> card drivers ? ...
>
>If you have automatic updates, either from Windows or some other
>facility, it can sometimes be hard to correlate a bad update with its
>symptoms.
>
>- - - - - - - -
>
>As far as video card drivers, I would find the current set for your
>chipset and operating system from the chipset manufacturer. For
>instance, if you have a Radeon HD 4350 from Gigabyte, I would get the
>drivers from ATi instead of Gigabyte.
>
>What motherboard do you have?
>
>If you're using a video card (as opposed to video integrated into the
>motherboard,) what card is it?
>
>What operating system are you running?
>
>- - - - - - - -
>
>I should also mention that this problem could also be caused by some
>crappy IE add-in. A popular form of spyware is a shitastic IE toolbar
>that replaces the browser's built-in search function. They're typically
>poorly written and devoid of ethical or practical software development
>conventions.
>
>Take a look at the list of toolbars available in IE. What items are in
>there? Uninstall, if you can, any of those that aren't part of the
>standard set.
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