itisnoti Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 For me, opening the menu "File / Add torrent..." and then pressing "cancel" fixes it, I can now again see all text.Since the window that opens is part of the Windows 'Common Dialogs libraries' DLL, that's where I would start looking.Where does uTorrent use COMMDLG? Especially in the 'preferences' part, is the call that uses COMMDLG exactly following MSDN specification? are you positive all language variables are filled with the language strings before the control is first bound (i.e. REALLY early)?Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itisnoti Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 If you want me to do comparrisson on NON-WORKING versus WORKING states, let me know, I can repeat it here and am willing to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutex Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I reported this issue previously at http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=12424. Just wanted to follow up that the symptom hasn't recurred for me since then (July 19).Was wondering if it has anything to do with my upgrading to IE 7 (beta 3) from IE 6 sp2. It's common sense perhaps to consider that uTorrent and IE are not related in any way; but IE 7 does give Windows a new GUI rendering engine, mainly the text. Again, I am not sure, this is just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Erm, I don't think µTorrent uses anything from Internet Explorer for rendering... it only uses some DLL from IE4 and above for some features (don't remember what anymore). Anyway it was happening before IE7 beta 3, and I had beta 2 installed without any issues. Might be something worth looking into for other people though, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groxx Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 This is happening on my computer as well. Hardware-wise, it's old, but it's running up-to-date XP pro, and software-wise is practically minimalist (500mhz Pentium 3, running as a server strictly for remote desktopping). The text doesn't appear while remote desktopping, nor on the actual computer, and I've tried multiple reinstalls and reboots to no effect.For me, opening the menu "File / Add torrent..." and then pressing "cancel" fixes it, I can now again see all text.That works for me as well, though it's still a bit of a pain :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsposato Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 I'd be willing to bet that in most, if not all, cases the culprit is Norton or McAfee. The newer versions have a 'Buffer Overrun Protection' feature. When I disabled mine in McAfee, the dialogs showed up fine. When it was enabled, nothing. There was a similar issue with Acrobat. Unfortunately, if this is the case, there's nothing the authors of utorrent can do. The 3rd party vendor (Norton, McAfee, etc) will have to release a patch/upgrade that fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Wow, if this really is the case, it's just one more reason not to use either of those massively-overrated "security" softwares, and it'd confirm Firon and my suspicions as well... now, to see if the tip helps other people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 If that is indeed the case, I will love you forever for finding the fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcowolf Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I tried disabling buffer overrun protection in McAfee, and it seemed to work perfectly after that. Not sure if it's just a fluke or not, but I tried another program that had given me some similar problems (ZipGenius) and it worked too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 w00t it's our golden fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0e Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 if this needed any confirmation, i have 3 pc's, all running mcafee virusscan enterprise, and all 3 have this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingWaffle Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 i removed mcafee the other day on here and the problem vanished as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentburn Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Wow. I searched for this problem and couldn't find it in the forum, a few days passed and I was Just about to start a new thread about the problem and then I did a google search and the first link related to this problem sends me to this thread. I guess my wording was different the first time I searched.Changing to the xp theme did nothing for me. The add torrent and cancel trick worked, with the only problem being the first dialog box which I now know wasn't all that important anyway.Finally I, tried disabling buffer overrun protection in McAfee and now it seems to be working perfectly. Hope disabling that feature won't put my system at risk.Thanks people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 IMHO just trusting McAfee is a risk in itself... while they used to be among the cream of the crop, their security solutions are now among the worst in the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drubermann Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 This worked for me: right click on the utorrent exe and select properties. In the compatibility tab, check "Disable visual themes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tg3 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Worked for me too! Thanks, drubermann! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweaker Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I've tried removing Mcafee from my system and everything, text wise, was fine but the black box was still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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