Sorry about the delay in answering your question, I was away for the weekend. I thank you for taking the time to read my question and ask about it.
I am not on a virtual machine, I am on Win7/64, but since you mentioned seeing the problem on Virtual Machines, I am wondering if it might be that I am using Windows Classic Shell, an add-on that allows me to operate in a seeming XP environment, as far as the Explorer and Start Menu are concerned. Additionally, I have disabled any kind of Win7 features, such as Aero or any type of Desktop transparencies, even if I am not using Classic Shell's implementation.
This is a very clean install of Win7/64, other than the addition of Classic Shell.
Let me add that I have written dozens of very complicated Macros for an Audio Post Production Suite that I use daily, and I frequently have to write other ones. Consequently, I rely heavily on the Locator Window, mouse-coordinates and especially color-identification. If I can not identify the problem I shall have to go back to XP, and I really didn't want to have to do that.
As I have been a beta-tester for a major Pro-Audio Hardware/Software company for 15 years, I understand that it is usually inappropriate to report to publicly-read bug-forums about things that might simply be user-error on my part, so I came to this User-Forum first, just to see if other users have seen the problem. I didn't really expect to start a dialogue towards solving it and, respectfully, I don't intend to hijack this User-Forum with my technical problem. So, again, owing to the fact that you seem to be part of Insight and an admin, I thank you for taking the time to answer this type of question here.
Any advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated, particularly if it is just some simple thing I am overlooking (like the VM thing, for example... I wouldn't have thought of that had it been the case). If, after that, I haven't corrected the problem, I will contact tech-support directly for greater detail.
Thanks,
Mike