Some items display poorly on all Web Pages

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Explorer 6.0, itself, and other programs display just
fine. Only web pages are funky. All web pages are
affected.

Web pages are useable, but sometimes text overlaps/covers
other text/seems to be out of place. Also, pull-down
menus located on web pages are always nearly transparent:
They appear as lines and text only and there is no
background color in these menus to cover the web content
where the menus appear. I have the impression there are
also missing things like borders in web dispays, but am
having a hard time defining it.

I have a Pavilion 763n, the software it came with, a NEC
1760v, and McAfee Internet security.

I have a vague impression this may be related to one of
the numerous a service packs I download.

Any ideas? Thanks.
 
Barney said:
Explorer 6.0, itself, and other programs display just
fine. Only web pages are funky. All web pages are
affected.

Web pages are useable, but sometimes text overlaps/covers
other text/seems to be out of place. Also, pull-down
menus located on web pages are always nearly transparent:
They appear as lines and text only and there is no
background color in these menus to cover the web content
where the menus appear. I have the impression there are
also missing things like borders in web dispays, but am
having a hard time defining it.

I have a Pavilion 763n, the software it came with, a NEC
1760v, and McAfee Internet security.

I have a vague impression this may be related to one of
the numerous a service packs I download.

Any ideas? Thanks.
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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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