Power Manager Vista icon has no color

This is a new installation of Vista Ultimate on a T61p 6459 - CTO, after all the Windows updates and Lenovo system update, the Power Manager icon that sits next to the Notification area is white and battery life remaining text is pale, blue and very difficult to read, instead of the usual black on green background text. Anyone seen this before? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Solved! This is the Aero scheme. The task bar is semi-transparent, and it affects the color of the icon!

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