Thanks for your help, it did cause me to find the problem which was that the monitor had changed from Millions of colours to Thousands. Setting it back and restarting has done the trick. Thanks, Regards, Rob. On 18 Jul 2005, at 12:28, Richard Smykla wrote: > Rob, > > Try this: > System Preferences > Universal Access > Increase Contrast > > (Command-Option-Shift-.) Increases > (Command-Option-Shift-,) Decreases > Check Enable access for assistive devices. > > Rick > > > >> For no good reason most applications has reverted to the 'heavy' >> stripy background that was current around 10.2 I believe. >> >> I've re-applied 10.4.2 and still no change, other users get the >> same issue so it's machine wide. >> >> Does anyone know what file I need to restore from backup? >> >> Thanks, Regards, Rob. >> >> > > -- > Rick Smykla > rsmykla at verizon.net >