Background color setting

There's something about a video card coming to mind when I read this. Are you using a nice fancy one with video acceleration? I don't quite know what I'm talking about, but there are bells going off - like I've read something similar before. Does this fit with equipment you have? If so, try turning off the acceleration and see if anything changes. You might also have to delete the Elements preference folder, too, before you notice a change. To do this, have Elements closed and then click on the start up icon and make a quick grab for the Control, Alt, and Shift keys. Hold all three down until you get a screen asking if you want to delete the Settings. Say Yes. And if you used the uninstaller of Windows to remove the first copy, that old preference folder is still on your machine. It doesn't come off until you do a manual search.

And we can hope somebody else comes along with another suggestion! This is a great application, and if you could use it you'd love it. :)