Méndez wrote:
> About a week ago I noticed that my computer has no graphic view on the web
> or the Security Center. It's probably not the graphic/video card (hardware
> or
> driver*) cause all looks normal on a dual installation. Windows XP Pro has
> started to show this stripped-down view on the Security Center, and Web
> Pages with Internet Explorer 7, Firefox or any other browser based on
> Firefox, but with Opera Browser the view is all normal... the stripped-down
> view looks with a white background only, and black or blue text and black
> lines separate text panels where normally different color tones would
> separate sections of the background.
>
> *I've already reinstalled the integrated graphics/video card and monitor
> drivers.
>
> All the browser pluggins are apparently included and they show to be enabled
> on test web pages and as I've said, with Opera everything looks just as
> normal as it does from a dual installation, so it think this excludes a
> hardware problem. And SFC /Scannow doesn't give a hint. Internet
> Options\General\Appearance\Colors, is using Windows Color (default) and
> Appearance\Accessibility\ is all clear (by default). No setting I change on
> Appearance makes any difference.
>
> Installed and working browser pluggins are:
> Flash Player
> Shockwave Player
> Java Virtual Machine
> Javascript is enabled
> some 20 Activex Controls
> Microsoft Directx 9 (don't know if this one is used by browsers or the
> Security Center but just in case it is)
>
> Web and Security Center view look like a basic page designs before the
> colors, tones and most images are still not added...
>
> A repair installtion would probably solve it, but I would like to avoid
> another repair installation if possible cause I have just recently Activated
> the last one
>
>
> I'd appreciate any help
>

What you are describing sounds like anything with html content is not
loading the stylesheets or images correctly.

This can be caused if your Internet Explorer cache is full.

Try deleting your Temporary Internet Files.

Also check the file version and date of hhctrl.ocx in you
Windows\system32 folder - it should be version 5.2.3790.4110 released on
03 Aug 2004

Try booting into safe Mode with Networking and try to browse a few
sites. Do the problems still occur? If not then I would suggest it may
be a malware infection.

Alister