Toolbar icons disappear

[A. Turner]

Ever since I started using IE6 I keep losing my toolbar
icons. If I run my arrow over then they sometimes appear
so I know they are not totally gone. In their place is
just blue screen. I found a fix for this problem if you
are using IE5.5 but not for IE6. This is frustrating.
Any suggestions?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Ever since I started using IE6 I keep losing my toolbar
icons. If I run my arrow over then they sometimes appear
so I know they are not totally gone. In their place is
just blue screen. I found a fix for this problem if you
are using IE5.5 but not for IE6. This is frustrating.
Any suggestions?

You may need new video drivers. Check the site for your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that increasing color
depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

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