Area over Startbutton is black

[Rainer Borchmann]

Hello knows,

I have a real problem after updating
Windows, or sometimes of programs, the
Startbuttom over the area in which the last
programs are called BLACK.
The behavior is erratic, but always for an update.
The adjacent list of programs from
(above) to the My Documents (below) does not respond to Run click
see http://www.borchmann.de/bilder/PrtSc.JPG

That remains even after a reboot it.

I am grateful for every tip

Rainer Borchmann

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hello knows,

I have a real problem after updating
Windows, or sometimes of programs, the
Startbuttom over the area in which the last
programs are called BLACK.
The behavior is erratic, but always for an update.
The adjacent list of programs from
(above) to the My Documents (below) does not respond to Run click
see http://www.borchmann.de/bilder/PrtSc.JPG

That remains even after a reboot it.

I am grateful for every tip

Rainer Borchmann

"knows"?

Anyway...

Update the hardware drivers for your motherboard chipset and viodeo card.
Do this NOT from Microsoft but from the actual manufacturer's support web
site for your products.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hello knows,

I have a real problem after updating
Windows, or sometimes of programs, the
Startbuttom over the area in which the last
programs are called BLACK.
The behavior is erratic, but always for an update.
The adjacent list of programs from
(above) to the My Documents (below) does not respond to Run click
see http://www.borchmann.de/bilder/PrtSc.JPG

That remains even after a reboot it.

It's very likely a problem with the driver for your video card. Get
the latest from the video card manufacturer, but *not* from the
Windows Update.

And please do not send the same message separately to more than one
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Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at
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[Gary Brandenburg]

Hello knows,

I have a real problem after updating
Windows, or sometimes of programs, the
Startbuttom over the area in which the last
programs are called BLACK.
The behavior is erratic, but always for an update.
The adjacent list of programs from
(above) to the My Documents (below) does not respond to Run click
see http://www.borchmann.de/bilder/PrtSc.JPG

That remains even after a reboot it.

I am grateful for every tip

Rainer Borchmann

Do you have a Logitech web cam installed?
My brother had the same problem & I found a workaround by changing Control Panel (in
the Start Menu properties) to "Display as a link" instead of "Display as a menu".
Strange,but it worked.
See: http://tinyurl.com/6vak5w

~Gary

 

[Rainer]

|
| | > Hello knows,
| >
| > I have a real problem after updating
| > Windows, or sometimes of programs, the
| > Startbuttom over the area in which the last
| > programs are called BLACK.
| > The behavior is erratic, but always for an update.
| > The adjacent list of programs from
| > (above) to the My Documents (below) does not respond to Run click
| > see http://www.borchmann.de/bilder/PrtSc.JPG
| >
| > That remains even after a reboot it.
| >
| > I am grateful for every tip
| >
| > Rainer Borchmann
|
|
| Do you have a Logitech web cam installed?
| My brother had the same problem & I found a workaround by changing Control
Panel (in
| the Start Menu properties) to "Display as a link" instead of "Display as a
menu".
| Strange,but it worked.
| See: http://tinyurl.com/6vak5w
|
| ~Gary
|
|

Gary,

thousend times thanks to you.... it works fine.

id did not ha a Logitec webcam but the best way was,
as discribed in the website :

Solution that worked for me:

-- Right-click on the task bar
-- Clark on Properties
-- At the top, click the tab, "Start Menu"
-- Click the button, "Customize"
-- At the top, click the tab, "Advanced"
-- You will see, "Control Panel"
----- Select the, "Display as a link"
-- Click "OK" and that's it.

 

[Gary Brandenburg]

|
| | > Hello knows,
| >
| > I have a real problem after updating
| > Windows, or sometimes of programs, the
| > Startbuttom over the area in which the last
| > programs are called BLACK.
| > The behavior is erratic, but always for an update.
| > The adjacent list of programs from
| > (above) to the My Documents (below) does not respond to Run click
| > see http://www.borchmann.de/bilder/PrtSc.JPG
| >
| > That remains even after a reboot it.
| >
| > I am grateful for every tip
| >
| > Rainer Borchmann
|
|
| Do you have a Logitech web cam installed?
| My brother had the same problem & I found a workaround by changing Control
Panel (in
| the Start Menu properties) to "Display as a link" instead of "Display as a
menu".
| Strange,but it worked.
| See: http://tinyurl.com/6vak5w
|
| ~Gary
|
|

Gary,

thousend times thanks to you.... it works fine.

id did not ha a Logitec webcam but the best way was,
as discribed in the website :

Solution that worked for me:

-- Right-click on the task bar
-- Clark on Properties
-- At the top, click the tab, "Start Menu"
-- Click the button, "Customize"
-- At the top, click the tab, "Advanced"
-- You will see, "Control Panel"
----- Select the, "Display as a link"
-- Click "OK" and that's it.

You're very welcome.
That just happened to be one of those oddities that I had to deal with, over a year
ago, when my brother's computer displayed the same symptoms.
I was at my wits end, then, with this, & had thought as others, that the display
driver had to be at fault. I tried the update driver, rollback driver, etc. & still
could not get this thing solved.
If I hadn't experienced the same thing, myself, I would have had no idea what to do.
After all, this "workaround" would seem to have nothing to do with what's occurring.
Quite bizarre.
BTW- It was the first thing that I found when I Googled "start menu is blacked out".

Thanks for reporting back with your results.

~Gary