Menu bar background washed out colour to left

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This is a tiny point but it is annoying. I am using the default XP theme
with the (default) blue colour scheme so that the background to all the
toolbars is a light buff colour. Recently however the left side of the
menubar and toolbar have become very slightly paler than the right. It is so
slight that I am not sure if it has always been that way but I am noticing
it all the time now. It is not an artefact or the monitor because I took a
screen dump and compared the two ends the of bar in another area of the
screen and one is colour R:241 G:241 B:237 (Hex: #F1F1ED) and the other is
colour R:238 G:234 B:213 (Hex: #EEEAD5). The other tool areas are all the
latter colour. I have tried resetting the XP theme and altering the scheme
back and forth and even using System Restore to go back to a time before I
noticed this but nothing works. It is most apparent in Outlook Express but
Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer are also affected. Some third party
applications with very small toolbars like Edxor are not affected. Has
anybody had this or know of a fix? It is starting to drive me crackers.
Thanks.
 
Have you checked with the website of the manufacturer of your video display
card to see if they offer updated drivers for your display adapter. That
may fix the problem. If not, try this:

To work around this issue:
Click Start , click Control Panel , and then double-click Display .
On the Settings tab, click Advanced , and then click the Troubleshoot tab.
Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to None , and then click to clear the
Enable Write Combining check box.
Click OK , and then click OK .
NOTE : This procedure prevents the display driver from programming the
hardware incorrectly, but results in a loss of some display functionality
and performance. Although you can increase the hardware acceleration
settings to a point above None to regain functionality and performance, this
increases the chances of the issue reoccurring. For maximum stability, leave
hardware acceleration off.
 
Jim said:
Have you checked with the website of the manufacturer of your video
display card to see if they offer updated drivers for your display
adapter. That may fix the problem. If not, try this:

To work around this issue:
Click Start , click Control Panel , and then double-click Display .
On the Settings tab, click Advanced , and then click the Troubleshoot
tab. Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to None , and then click
to clear the Enable Write Combining check box.
Click OK , and then click OK .
NOTE : This procedure prevents the display driver from programming the
hardware incorrectly, but results in a loss of some display
functionality and performance. Although you can increase the hardware
acceleration settings to a point above None to regain functionality
and performance, this increases the chances of the issue reoccurring.
For maximum stability, leave hardware acceleration off.
Click to expand...

Thanks for this reply. In other ng I am advised this very slight colour
gradation is a part of the XP theme - ref this screenshot:

http://orbita.starmedia.com/~jesus.retana/Screens/pantalla09_50.jpg

This variation is exactly as I have it - is it a feature or a display
problem? Thanks again.
 
Mike said:
Thanks for this reply. In other ng I am advised this very slight
colour gradation is a part of the XP theme - ref this screenshot:

http://orbita.starmedia.com/~jesus.retana/Screens/pantalla09_50.jpg

This variation is exactly as I have it - is it a feature or a display
problem? Thanks again.
Click to expand...

That's the way it is in WinXP.

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