We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating & time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

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You should have verified all your hardware was XP compatible before
updating. Your video card for example may not operate correctly with XP.
"LurfysMa" wrote in message
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We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating & time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

--

There is no going back, at least not without performing a Clean
Installation of Windows 2000.
Make sure you have the latest Windows XP video drivers for your video
cards.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"LurfysMa" wrote in message
...
We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating &
time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as
they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next
begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I
don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel
as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed
and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

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On Sun, 06 May 2007 08:35:32 -0700, LurfysMa
wrote:

We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating & time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

PS: I should have mentioned that I did go to the Display applet in the
Control Panel and set the Appearance settings back to Windows classic.

One of the reasons that I cannot decide if it's WinXP or Office 2007
is that the Windows Taskbar (at the bottom of the screen) is also all
washed out. I have these two machines running side-by-side. The screen
on the Win2K/Office2K system (a 6 year old PC) is sharp and bright.
The screen on the brand new PC running WinXP/Office 2007 (with a much
better screen and high-end graphics card, is all washed out and hard
to read.

Could it be a monitor setting?

The setting tab shows it set to 1152 x 864 pixels (on a 17" LCD
monitor). The color quality is set to "highest (32 bit)".

Interestingly, on our other PC, the monitors are reversed. The brand
new 24" LCD is on the old PC and the old 16" LCD is on the new PC. On
that one, the colors on the old monitor are all washed out (it used to
be clear when it was running on the old machine) and the new monitor
is all washed out.

I am pretty sure that if I switched monitors, the washed out effect
would stay with the system and not follow the monitor.




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On Sun, 06 May 2007 15:49:18 GMT, "Unknown"
wrote:

You should have verified all your hardware was XP compatible before
updating. Your video card for example may not operate correctly with XP.

These are two brand new Dell machines with "Designed for WinXP"
stamped all over them.


"LurfysMa" wrote in message
.. .
We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating & time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

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On Sun, 6 May 2007 09:50:19 -0600, "Jupiter Jones [MVP]"
wrote:

There is no going back, at least not without performing a Clean
Installation of Windows 2000.

Yeah, I know.

Make sure you have the latest Windows XP video drivers for your video
cards.

There are brand new Dell machines. They do ship the latest video
drivers, no?

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On Sun, 06 May 2007 15:49:18 GMT, "Unknown"
wrote:

You should have verified all your hardware was XP compatible before
updating. Your video card for example may not operate correctly with XP.

Besides, it's just the menus and the icons. Photos are crystal clear
as are any of the screen savers and wallpaper. I'm pretty sure it's
not hardware or drivers. I think it's a setting or two somewhere. I
just need someone to tell me where to look and what to change.

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You say side by side??? Separate them a bit to see if they improve..
"LurfysMa" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 06 May 2007 08:35:32 -0700, LurfysMa
wrote:

We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating & time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

PS: I should have mentioned that I did go to the Display applet in the
Control Panel and set the Appearance settings back to Windows classic.

One of the reasons that I cannot decide if it's WinXP or Office 2007
is that the Windows Taskbar (at the bottom of the screen) is also all
washed out. I have these two machines running side-by-side. The screen
on the Win2K/Office2K system (a 6 year old PC) is sharp and bright.
The screen on the brand new PC running WinXP/Office 2007 (with a much
better screen and high-end graphics card, is all washed out and hard
to read.

Could it be a monitor setting?

The setting tab shows it set to 1152 x 864 pixels (on a 17" LCD
monitor). The color quality is set to "highest (32 bit)".

Interestingly, on our other PC, the monitors are reversed. The brand
new 24" LCD is on the old PC and the old 16" LCD is on the new PC. On
that one, the colors on the old monitor are all washed out (it used to
be clear when it was running on the old machine) and the new monitor
is all washed out.

I am pretty sure that if I switched monitors, the washed out effect
would stay with the system and not follow the monitor.




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Have you tried Control panelAccessibility OptionsDisplayHigh
Contrast?

Joe Steele

"LurfysMa" wrote in message
...
We just upgraded our computers from Win2K & Office 2000 to WinXP &
Office 2007. So far, this has been a very frustrating & time-consuming
experience.

Of the many changes, the one I want to fix first is the contrast of
the menus. Everything looks washed out. My eyes aren't as good as they
once were and I can't tell where one window ends and the next begins.

I am posting this to both a WinXP ng and an Office ng because I don;t
know if this is an Office setting or an OS setting.

I would like to go back to the Win2K/Office 2000 GUI look and feel as
much as possible -- at least until I get the conversion completed and
all of my data and programs migrated and tested.

I would very much appreciate help on how to restore the old GUI.

Thank you

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On Sun, 6 May 2007 20:44:14 +0100, "J&P"
wrote:

Have you tried Control panelAccessibility OptionsDisplayHigh
Contrast?

I just tried it. Most of the settings are for large to huge icons and
letters with black backgrounds.

The Windows Classic and Windows Standard settings are the same with or
without High Contrast enabled. Unless I missed some option, that's not
it.

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