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Background colors don't appear in IE 6

I'm having a display issue with Javascript pages on a new computer.
Background colors don't appear within tables or frames in Internet
Explorer 6.

Example #1:
http://www.centurysearch.com/pages/1/index.htm
When you go to the page you should see a blue background on the top,
left, and right sides. This gives the appearance that the blue
navigation bar on the left side of the page stretches to the bottom of
the window. The blue doesn't appear at all on the Inspiron, so you see
white space above and below the button images. In addition, there
should be a black background that extends the "Century Search" banner
to the right side of the screen. That is also missing.

Example #2:
http://www.usatoday.com/
The main USA Today logo should be blue with white letters. This is
transparent image with a blue background in that section of the page.
The blue background does not show up on this Inspiron, so you faintly
see the USA Today logo in white.

I assume that a command in the source code of these pages is blocked or
ignored by the browser, but I don't know why. Is there a setting that
I'm not aware of?

Note: The PC has Norton Internet Security installed, but it is
disabled for now.

Jul 23 '05 #1
10 1833
VK
It works fine for IE 6.0 on Windows XP Prof SP1

What is your conf?

Jul 23 '05 #2
wi*********@hotmail.com wrote:
I'm having a display issue with Javascript pages on a new computer.
Background colors don't appear within tables or frames in Internet
Explorer 6.


WFM.
You may try a new driver for you graphic card.

Daniel
Jul 23 '05 #3
> "wi*********@hotmail.com" <wi*********@hotmail.com> wrote:
news:11*********************@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com....

I'm having a display issue with Javascript pages on a new computer.
Background colors don't appear within tables or frames in Internet
Explorer 6.

Example #1:
http://www.centurysearch.com/pages/1/index.htm
When you go to the page you should see a blue background on the top,
left, and right sides. This gives the appearance that the blue
navigation bar on the left side of the page stretches to the bottom of
the window. The blue doesn't appear at all on the Inspiron, so you
see white space above and below the button images. In addition, there
should be a black background that extends the "Century Search" banner
to the right side of the screen. That is also missing.

Example #2:
http://www.usatoday.com/
The main USA Today logo should be blue with white letters. This is
transparent image with a blue background in that section of the page.
The blue background does not show up on this Inspiron, so you faintly
see the USA Today logo in white.

I assume that a command in the source code of these pages is blocked
or ignored by the browser, but I don't know why. Is there a setting
that I'm not aware of?

Note: The PC has Norton Internet Security installed, but it is
disabled for now.


Check to see if you have some of the Accessibility features checked or if you have a custom style
sheet.

Tools|Internet Options click on the Accessibility button

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Jul 23 '05 #4

Thanks for the info guys.... I can perfectly reproduce the issue on
another computer by going to Tools --> Internet Options -->
Accessiblity --> Check "ignore colors specified on web pages."

That option is not selected on the problem PC, but the browser still
ignores BG colors. I found the registry setting that is controlled by
that check box and verified its' operation on the problem PC. The
registry value is "zero" as it should be.

Is there another option or registry setting that causes IE to ignore
background colors?
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Jul 23 '05 #5

VK Wrote:
It works fine for IE 6.0 on Windows XP Prof SP1

What is your conf?


It is IE6, SP2 with all the updates
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Jul 23 '05 #6

Daniel Kirsch Wrote:


WFM.
You may try a new driver for you graphic card.

Daniel


I'll make sure the problem PC has the latest driver from ATI. Thanks
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Jul 23 '05 #7
dary
1
I had the same problem. What worked for me was unchecking the
USE HIGH CONTRAST checkbox in the ACCESSIBILTY OPTIONS
dialog window.

Go to CONTROL PANEL / ACCESSIBITY OPTIONS, then select
the DISPLAY tab. Uncheck the USE HIGH CONTRAST checkbox.
All background colors and font stability should return immediately.
If not, reboot and try again.

While you're at it, disable the shortcut to high contrast to avoid
accidentally invoking it again.
:)
Oct 31 '05 #8
I had the same problem. What worked for me was unchecking the
USE HIGH CONTRAST checkbox in the ACCESSIBILTY OPTIONS
dialog window.

Go to CONTROL PANEL / ACCESSIBITY OPTIONS, then select
the DISPLAY tab. Uncheck the USE HIGH CONTRAST checkbox.
All background colors and font stability should return immediately.
If not, reboot and try again.

While you're at it, disable the shortcut to high contrast to avoid
accidentally invoking it again.
Oct 31 '05 #9
dary wrote:
I had the same problem. [...]


When replying to an article being almost (missed by a day) three months old
(which is by itself not a Bad Thing, considering it contained a possible
solution), one should understand the importance of the article referred to
being quoted in some way, for example with

<http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/293d7b364f2d15d7>
PointedEars
Oct 31 '05 #10
JRS: In article <49****************@PointedEars.de>, dated Mon, 31 Oct
2005 22:43:17, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, Thomas 'PointedEars'
Lahn <Po*********@web.de> posted :
dary wrote:
I had the same problem. [...]


When replying to an article being almost (missed by a day) three months old
(which is by itself not a Bad Thing, considering it contained a possible
solution), one should understand the importance of the article referred to
being quoted in some way,
...


Not doing so does indicate the ineptness of the one who responds.

So, of course, does omitting to indicate by attribution the age of the
ancient article.

Ineptness indicators are beneficial.

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Nov 1 '05 #11

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