On Jul 16, 6:18*am, PaulB <Pa...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> In answer to my own question, I am thinking this must be an Ati video card
> add on. *Unfortunately neither of my PCs that are affected by this problem
> are running an Ati card so I think it is more than that.
>
> Time to call Free Microsoft Phone Support for IE8 (see under 'for consumers')http://www.microsoft.com/windows/int.../call-us.aspxI
> think!!
>
> Will post back if they come up with anything.
>
>
>
> "PaulB" wrote:
> > What is "Ati Hotkey Poller " supposed to do then for internet browsing please?
>
> > I will go ahead and disable it, but I like to know what I will lose when I
> > do please.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > PaulB
>
> > "wysiwally" wrote:
>
> > > I was able to find the culprit on my PC. *It was a service providedby
> > > the ATI video card (Ati Hotkey Poller). *By disabling this service the
> > > black menu bar seen in IE8 when using the "Windows Classic style"
> > > theme was fixed. *Go to MSCONFIG, "Services" tab and uncheck the "Ati
> > > Hotkey Poller". *There may be a place in the ATI software where you
> > > can disable the Ati Hotkey Poller but I haven't got that far in the
> > > troubleshoot process. *I do know that it is the sole service
> > > resposible for the black menu issue in IE8 on my PC. *If this works
> > > for you please post it to as many threads as you can so that word gets
> > > around. *I spent hours with a good Microsoft support guy finding this
> > > and know there are many others with the same problem who can benefit
> > > from my good fortune. *If you don't care about which display "theme"
> > > you use the "Windows XP style" theme doesn't have this bug, only the
> > > "Windows Classic style" theme does. (Display area from Control Panel)- Hide quoted text -
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My Ati Hotkey fix may not work for everyone, but I also posted this
info to Vistaheads.com yesterday and have already received an e-mail
saying “Oh my! I am nearly speechless but must say Thank You ever so
much for this fix. I have spent countless hours searching for answers
and messing with settings to improve readability for my poor old eyes.
Every time I tried selecting Classic, I got the Bad Black screen. I
was a little nervous about trying your solution, so I created a new
user and tried it there. Wow! It worked! Now I have gone to Classic
on my regular user account and am so happy. The taskbar and taskbar
fonts are just what I want. Now I can go forward with my preferred
customizations. You have really made my day. I hope others will see
your post and solve their problems. Thank you. “ Since ATI is a very
popular video chip maker there are probably many different make/models
of video cards with ATI gut and software that have a slightly
different name for their “services” even though they are essentially
the same. I’ll tell you how the Microsoft service guy and I fixed my
PC and you can duplicate the task and possibly find your BLACK BAR
bug. We went into MSCONFIG (Start/Run and type in msconfig). Open
the “Services” tab and “Disable All”, click “Apply”, click “OK” and
then restart when prompted. If your BLACK BAR demon is gone you know
it’s one of those “services”. Enable all the services “manufactured”
by “Microsoft”, Apply/OK/reboot. If problem still fixed, start
enabling more ‘services’ until your BB bug is back. I enabled the
“Unknown” services second because there were many of those and when
the BB bug was still gone upon rebooting I had narrowed it down to
about seven services. AOL connectivity, Kodak pictures, Ati Hotkey
Poller, etc… At that point we enabled two or three at a time until
the BB bug returned and finally narrowed it down the sole miscreant
Ati Hotkey Poller. I enabled everything else but the Poller and
haven’t seen the BB since. Your particular bug might be in the
“Startup” tab so if you don’t get rid of it by disabling all
‘services’, enable the ‘services’ and disable all ‘startup’ items and
reboot to see if it’s hiding in there. If none of these options work
you may be in Dante’s 8th circle of Hell.
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