I.E. Toolbars turned black !!!

My Outlook Express Toolbars turned black ... the background and the
associated lettering. A few icons are showing. It happened after I was
prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..

Seems this happened once before, but I forgot what the fix was ...

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

On 11/27/2011 12:14 PM, Hägar wrote:
My Outlook Express Toolbars turned black ... the background and the
associated lettering. A few icons are showing. It happened after I was
prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..

Seems this happened once before, but I forgot what the fix was ...

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

I don't understand why people bother to update things which are already
working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken, isn't it?

Anyway the latest version of flash probably doesn't play nice with a
driver like your video driver or something. You have a number of choices
now.

1) Use System Restore to get back the older flash and dump the newer. If
Windows Update didn't already toast SR already.

2) Remove flash from Add/Remove and find an older version of flash.
www.oldversion.com, www.oldapps.com, etc. are good for this and then
install it.

3) Update your video driver and cross your fingers the problem disappears.

4) Restore from a backup. We all do this right?

I am sure there are other things to do. But those are the most basic ones.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

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BillW50 wrote:
Hägar wrote:
.... It happened after I
was prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..


I don't understand why people bother to update things which are
already working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken,
isn't it?


In the case of Adobe updates, often times it is to fix a security loophole.
Same with MS updates, java updates, and browser updates.

Jon

On 11/27/2011 1:43 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
Hägar wrote:
.... It happened after I
was prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..

I don't understand why people bother to update things which are
already working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken,
isn't it?

In the case of Adobe updates, often times it is to fix a security loophole.
Same with MS updates, java updates, and browser updates.

Jon

You can plug all security holes (known and unknown as of yet) with a
real time AV and a sandbox environment. Lots of choices for sandboxes;
sandboxie, Maxthon (a browser), and Avast (an AV with a built in
sandbox) just to name a few. And they come in free versions too.

When I bought my first Asus EeePC 701 back about 4 years ago with only a
4GB SSD soldered on the motherboard and XP SP2 installed. There just
wasn't any room for updates. And Microsoft sold them licenses anyway.

I have been using Windows since '93 and I never had a virus yet. So I
figured without updates, I would be soon getting them. I was already,
made frequent backups and everything. After a year of using three of
these things without any malware, I started wondering how important is
security updates anyway?

I researched on the net and found other people who don't update and who
don't get viruses either. Since I have a dozen or so computers here, I
decided to test this some more. So half I would update and half I would not.

Still no viruses on any of them and that was three years ago. And the
only thing different between the updated ones and the ones not is the
updated ones ends up with problems simular to what Hägar gets. My
updated XP computers now crash System Restore if you try to run them.
Although my non-updated ones still work perfectly fine.

So I don't think much of security updates anymore. And only important if
one actually fixes a problem you are having (super rare). Or if you
don't know enough to protect your system and can use all of the help you
can get.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 11/27/2011 12:14 PM, Hägar wrote:
My Outlook Express Toolbars turned black ... the background and the
associated lettering. A few icons are showing. It happened after I was
prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..

Seems this happened once before, but I forgot what the fix was ...

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

I don't understand why people bother to update things which are already
working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken, isn't it?

You are right, of course ... but if you get the same upgrade message every
time
you open up IE8, at what point does one cave in and click "OK" ....

Anyway, the problem is resolved. Thanks.

"Mayayana" wrote in message
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Thanks ... I used thie above NG and post to resolve the issue.

Thanks again.

On 11/27/2011 2:36 PM, Hägar wrote:
wrote in message
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On 11/27/2011 12:14 PM, Hägar wrote:
My Outlook Express Toolbars turned black ... the background and the
associated lettering. A few icons are showing. It happened after I was
prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..

Seems this happened once before, but I forgot what the fix was ...

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

I don't understand why people bother to update things which are already
working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken, isn't it?

You are right, of course ... but if you get the same upgrade message every
time
you open up IE8, at what point does one cave in and click "OK" ....

Yes I know the feeling. Although a lot of them can be turned off.
Usually buried deep somewhere. Some of those cannot, not even with a
registry modification. :-(

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

In message , Jon Danniken
writes:
BillW50 wrote:
Hägar wrote:
.... It happened after I
was prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..


I don't understand why people bother to update things which are
already working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken,
isn't it?


In the case of Adobe updates, often times it is to fix a security loophole.
Same with MS updates, java updates, and browser updates.

Jon


Or, if it's a flash update, it's because you're accessing websites that
say you need a new version of flash. (Even if you don't, they refuse to
proceed until you do.) Yes, you can avoid such sites, but that's just
limiting your web experience for no good reason - it's certainly not
going to stop Adobe and the web designers doing what they do, just
because you and one or two others avoid them.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Does God believe in people?

Hägar embroidered on the monitor :
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Thanks ... I used thie above NG and post to resolve the issue.

Thanks again.

An aside to the usual suspects, I'd like to add that some personal
Toolbars, when installing, have a selected option to black out all
other toolbars. I have no idea why they came up with this idea, but I
went through it back when I used IE.

--
-There are some who call me...
Jim


"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome."
- Isaac Asimov

On 11/27/2011 3:58 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Jon Danniken
writes:
BillW50 wrote:
Hägar wrote:
.... It happened after I
was prompted by Adobe to update the Flash Player..

I don't understand why people bother to update things which are
already working. That is like fixing something that isn't broken,
isn't it?

In the case of Adobe updates, often times it is to fix a security
loophole.
Same with MS updates, java updates, and browser updates.

Jon

Or, if it's a flash update, it's because you're accessing websites that
say you need a new version of flash. (Even if you don't, they refuse to
proceed until you do.) Yes, you can avoid such sites, but that's just
limiting your web experience for no good reason - it's certainly not
going to stop Adobe and the web designers doing what they do, just
because you and one or two others avoid them.

Odd? I'm not sure if I ever saw that and I use over a dozen computers
here. And half of them I don't even bother with any updates. Yes the
machines with IE6 still on them, some websites will look awful. And if
you think that is bad, try using Firefox 2 on many websites and they are
even far worse.

I can't recall which version of flash I can still run and it still work
for the majority of the time. I believe it was v8 that still works
pretty well. You can find older versions of flash at places like this:

Old Version of Adobe Flash Player Download - OldApps.com
http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7