White Bars on Screen Running Internet Explorer in Full Screen

ID: Q190136

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you are running Internet Explorer in Full Screen mode, you may see white bars where the scroll bars should be.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you disable the scroll bars in Full Screen mode. When you do so, Internet Explorer sets the color to white instead of the default color assigned in the Display tool in Control Panel.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdisplay kbenv msiew95 msient win98 msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 20, 1999