Sidebar and the taskbar are turned white

Why this happened when I started today, but it was fine when I turned it off last night, and how to fix it?

Hello

Were there any changes made to your computer before this problem?

Please, try the following to resolve the problem.

(a) right click on an empty space on your desktop

(b) click on Customize

(c) click on Windows color and appearance of

(d) click Open Classic Windows Properties

e color scheme) defined in Windows Aero

See also:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-the-colors-on-your-computer

Please let us know if it helped to solve the problem.

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