Menus did not render properly on screen.

[Mark Seymour]

Today for some reason menus such as the right-click menus on the desktop
and taskbar doesn't render properly: i.e. I see the shadow, but thats
all, and if I roll over the menu i can see the entries. This odd
behavior didn't come back up when I restarted my machine. Any insight
into what just happened is appreciated.

I can do a quick mockup in Photoshop to show you what it looked like to me.

-- Mark

 

[Mark Seymour]

Today for some reason menus such as the right-click menus on the desktop
and taskbar doesn't render properly: i.e. I see the shadow, but thats
all, and if I roll over the menu i can see the entries. This odd
behavior didn't come back up when I restarted my machine. Any insight
into what just happened is appreciated.

I can do a quick mockup in Photoshop to show you what it looked like to me.

-- Mark

The mockup (with original) can be found at:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6505/originalmockupwinxpsp2qt6.png

 

[Bob I]

Glitch in the video subsystem.

 

[Mark Seymour]

Ok I see. So the only way fix the glitch is by reloading the video
subsystem, which can only be done by restarting ^_^ I still find it kind
of odd that it would happen, though.

 

[Joe Wright]

Glitch in the video subsystem.

This might help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
345. Dialog Boxes are Blank

 

[Bob I]

If it happens again, you could try making a desktop resolution change to
force the video card to reset.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Mark,

See if the methods listed in the following page helps.

Transparent drop-down Menu and disappearing menu text:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/transmenu.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Today for some reason menus such as the right-click menus on the desktop
and taskbar doesn't render properly: i.e. I see the shadow, but thats
all, and if I roll over the menu i can see the entries. This odd
behavior didn't come back up when I restarted my machine. Any insight
into what just happened is appreciated.

I can do a quick mockup in Photoshop to show you what it looked like to me.

-- Mark