Unusual Transition Effects Problem

[Chopstik]

I am running Windows 2000 with Visual Studio 6 and MS Office 2000. Recently, I have had a problem with the transition effects in the VS 6 and MS Office products. When I click on the Menu bar in any of those related applications, the menus drop down very slowly, sort of like a fade or scroll effect.

Thinking that it was the transition effects, I tried to turn it off in the Display settings but that has done no good. Additionally, the problem does not occur in any other Windows applications, only in VS 6 (like VB or VI) or any Office apps. But IE, Explorer, the Start Menus or anything else is unaffected. If anything, they are even faster now that I turned off the transition effects.

Has anyone come across this or have any ideas on how best to deal with the issue? Thanks!

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[SpotLizard]

Have you tried reinstalling Office using the Reinstall/Repair option ?

SL.

 

[Chopstik]

Honestly, no I have not. That would require going through our less than useful network/application support group whose first response to any problem is to wipe any malfunctioning system and re-image the machine. Since mine is a development machine, that really is not an option since they can barely handle a normal re-image, let alone one that does not fit into their "normal" parameters.

That said, I'll see if I can find a back door where I could do that myself without having to involve them. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll let you know how it goes when/if I have the opportunity to implement it.

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