re: Blank screen below the menu bars Topic is solved

[rehawkpe]

Since v. 28.0 appeared (and I downloaded it), the entire Pale Moon screen below the menu bars is almost transparent, and non-responsive to clicks in the page display area. The menu buttons react to clicks as though they are working properly, but I have no way of knowing. I waited for another update after the first occurrence, and tried again, with the same result.

My system is a Dell Inspiron i7 laptop with Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit (SP 1). The video card is an Invidia GeForce GT 555M, driver version 331.65, 3072 MB dedicated video memory. I've used Pale Moon for several years and have been delighted with it, until now. Currently I'm having to resort to using Firefox. I've had no other such problems with any other program I use. I've not changed video cards, or any other component in my computer.

Please advise. A screen shot is attached.

[therube]

Any change if you restart in Safe Mode?

[Moonchild]

Are you using any tools to change your window decorations or behavior? It looks like this is a case of "making things glass" gone overboard. With the milestone rendering engine changes, it's quite possible you need to adjust your settings in such a tool.

[rehawkpe]

Thanks for your replies.
I do get a screen in Safe Mode, but lose lots of functionality, of course.

As far as I know, I have no tools to enhance or change the appearance of Windows at all. Give an example or two of such tools, please.

[rehawkpe]

Additional info from rehawkpe:

Below are all the extensions and plug-ins in my Pale Moon installation. I can't determine for sure which of the extensions are active and which are not. Right now, in Safe Mode, they are all inactive, and my only other option in Safe Mode is to Remove them. Hope this rings a bell:

Extensions

Adblock Latitude 5.0.1
BetterPrivacy 1.68.1-signed
Download Statusbar 0.9.10.1-signed.1-signed
FireGestures 1.8.7.1-signed
Flag fox 5.2.3
Forecast Fox 2.2.2.1-signed.1-let-fixed.1-signed (probably not active)
HashColouredTabs+ 0.4.28.1-signed.1-signed
IE View 1.5.6.1-signed.1-signed (probably not active)
Light beam 1.0.10.2.1-signed
Share.tv 10.37.0.508

Plugins (currently set on “Always Activate”)

ActiveTouch General Plug-in Container
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Flash
Canon iMage Gateway
Google Update
ITunes Application Detector
Microsoft Office 2010 14.0.4730.1010
Microsoft Office 2010. 14.0.4761.1000
NVIDIA 3D Vision 7.17.13.3165 (Plugin for Mozilla Browsers)
NVIDIA 3D VISION 7.17.13.3165 (Streaming Plugin for Mozilla Browsers)
QuickTime Plug-in 7.7.7. 7.7.7.0
Silverlight Plug-In. 5.1.50901.0
TVU Web Player for Firefox 2.5.3.1
Beetle TV Core. 0.9.18.0
Windows Activation Technologies 7.1.7600.16395
Windows Live Photo Gallery. 15.4.3508.1109
(Seven other plugins that have been set on “Ask to Activate” or “Never Activate”, for some time now)

[therube]

HashColouredTabs, coloring... so I'd think a possibility there.


(Separately, Plugins...)

Do you really need all of them?
Anything "MS" or Windows or Google for that matter.
QuickTime has long since been deprecated. Is it actually of any use for you?
(And then some I'm unfamiliar with.)

[rehawkpe]

The screen is no longer blank! I removed the bottom five Extensions on the list I posted earlier, and permanently disabled most of the Extensions on the list. I don't know which of the Extensions was the problem -- I did not remove them one at a time and test after each removal.

Thanks for the advice and suggestions, guys! I'm now a happy camper.