Windows XP Strangeness - Icons

/bump - nobody has ever heard of this?

>-----Original Message-----
>Everything has been going swimmingly on my system for
>years now... it was acting a little sluggish on Sunday
>evening after days spent rendering video
(understandable)
>so I did a Restart on the system....
>
>Once it re-booted I noticed that the icons on the System
>Tray all had the wrong background color behind them
>(gray).. that was annoying, but livable. I then opened
>IE 6.0 and proceeded to drop down my Favorites list only
>to find that the top two items are showing (Add and
>Organize) but the menu below that is beige and doesn't
>show any of the favorites and nothing can be selected -
>so it isn't just a coloration issue.
>
>I attempted a System Restore to a point quite prior to
>where I first noticed the issue, but to no avail. I
also
>found last night that clicking the Favorites button (as
>opposed to menu) will show them all in the left-pane and
>are quite usuable.. just not from the drop-down.
>
>Suffice it to say - I'm lost...
>
>Anyone have any insights?
>
>This is Windows XP Professional patched to current, as
is
>IE.
>.
>

[Kelly]

A part of this may be Classic vs. XP Style. More info here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


> wrote in message
...
> /bump - nobody has ever heard of this?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Everything has been going swimmingly on my system for
> >years now... it was acting a little sluggish on Sunday
> >evening after days spent rendering video
> (understandable)
> >so I did a Restart on the system....
> >
> >Once it re-booted I noticed that the icons on the System
> >Tray all had the wrong background color behind them
> >(gray).. that was annoying, but livable. I then opened
> >IE 6.0 and proceeded to drop down my Favorites list only
> >to find that the top two items are showing (Add and
> >Organize) but the menu below that is beige and doesn't
> >show any of the favorites and nothing can be selected -
> >so it isn't just a coloration issue.
> >
> >I attempted a System Restore to a point quite prior to
> >where I first noticed the issue, but to no avail. I
> also
> >found last night that clicking the Favorites button (as
> >opposed to menu) will show them all in the left-pane and
> >are quite usuable.. just not from the drop-down.
> >
> >Suffice it to say - I'm lost...
> >
> >Anyone have any insights?
> >
> >This is Windows XP Professional patched to current, as
> is
> >IE.
> >.
> >

[Kelly]

A part of this may be Classic vs. XP Style. More info here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


> wrote in message
...
> /bump - nobody has ever heard of this?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Everything has been going swimmingly on my system for
> >years now... it was acting a little sluggish on Sunday
> >evening after days spent rendering video
> (understandable)
> >so I did a Restart on the system....
> >
> >Once it re-booted I noticed that the icons on the System
> >Tray all had the wrong background color behind them
> >(gray).. that was annoying, but livable. I then opened
> >IE 6.0 and proceeded to drop down my Favorites list only
> >to find that the top two items are showing (Add and
> >Organize) but the menu below that is beige and doesn't
> >show any of the favorites and nothing can be selected -
> >so it isn't just a coloration issue.
> >
> >I attempted a System Restore to a point quite prior to
> >where I first noticed the issue, but to no avail. I
> also
> >found last night that clicking the Favorites button (as
> >opposed to menu) will show them all in the left-pane and
> >are quite usuable.. just not from the drop-down.
> >
> >Suffice it to say - I'm lost...
> >
> >Anyone have any insights?
> >
> >This is Windows XP Professional patched to current, as
> is
> >IE.
> >.
> >

[Kelly]

A part of this may be Classic vs. XP Style. More info here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


> wrote in message
...
> /bump - nobody has ever heard of this?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Everything has been going swimmingly on my system for
> >years now... it was acting a little sluggish on Sunday
> >evening after days spent rendering video
> (understandable)
> >so I did a Restart on the system....
> >
> >Once it re-booted I noticed that the icons on the System
> >Tray all had the wrong background color behind them
> >(gray).. that was annoying, but livable. I then opened
> >IE 6.0 and proceeded to drop down my Favorites list only
> >to find that the top two items are showing (Add and
> >Organize) but the menu below that is beige and doesn't
> >show any of the favorites and nothing can be selected -
> >so it isn't just a coloration issue.
> >
> >I attempted a System Restore to a point quite prior to
> >where I first noticed the issue, but to no avail. I
> also
> >found last night that clicking the Favorites button (as
> >opposed to menu) will show them all in the left-pane and
> >are quite usuable.. just not from the drop-down.
> >
> >Suffice it to say - I'm lost...
> >
> >Anyone have any insights?
> >
> >This is Windows XP Professional patched to current, as
> is
> >IE.
> >.
> >

[Kelly]

A part of this may be Classic vs. XP Style. More info here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


> wrote in message
...
> /bump - nobody has ever heard of this?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Everything has been going swimmingly on my system for
> >years now... it was acting a little sluggish on Sunday
> >evening after days spent rendering video
> (understandable)
> >so I did a Restart on the system....
> >
> >Once it re-booted I noticed that the icons on the System
> >Tray all had the wrong background color behind them
> >(gray).. that was annoying, but livable. I then opened
> >IE 6.0 and proceeded to drop down my Favorites list only
> >to find that the top two items are showing (Add and
> >Organize) but the menu below that is beige and doesn't
> >show any of the favorites and nothing can be selected -
> >so it isn't just a coloration issue.
> >
> >I attempted a System Restore to a point quite prior to
> >where I first noticed the issue, but to no avail. I
> also
> >found last night that clicking the Favorites button (as
> >opposed to menu) will show them all in the left-pane and
> >are quite usuable.. just not from the drop-down.
> >
> >Suffice it to say - I'm lost...
> >
> >Anyone have any insights?
> >
> >This is Windows XP Professional patched to current, as
> is
> >IE.
> >.
> >

[Kelly]

A part of this may be Classic vs. XP Style. More info here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


> wrote in message
...
> /bump - nobody has ever heard of this?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Everything has been going swimmingly on my system for
> >years now... it was acting a little sluggish on Sunday
> >evening after days spent rendering video
> (understandable)
> >so I did a Restart on the system....
> >
> >Once it re-booted I noticed that the icons on the System
> >Tray all had the wrong background color behind them
> >(gray).. that was annoying, but livable. I then opened
> >IE 6.0 and proceeded to drop down my Favorites list only
> >to find that the top two items are showing (Add and
> >Organize) but the menu below that is beige and doesn't
> >show any of the favorites and nothing can be selected -
> >so it isn't just a coloration issue.
> >
> >I attempted a System Restore to a point quite prior to
> >where I first noticed the issue, but to no avail. I
> also
> >found last night that clicking the Favorites button (as
> >opposed to menu) will show them all in the left-pane and
> >are quite usuable.. just not from the drop-down.
> >
> >Suffice it to say - I'm lost...
> >
> >Anyone have any insights?
> >
> >This is Windows XP Professional patched to current, as
> is
> >IE.
> >.
> >