When Gmail executes on my windows 7 machine, several of the action buttons appear as strikethrough text, rather than blue. they still work, but render wrong. Also having less definable problems with standard displays in both IE8 and also explorer. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Only occurs when accessing GMAIL, or occurs with other pages too?

If it only occurs when opening Gmail, it should be Gmail issue. I suggest you reset IE settings and check the result. If the issue persists, you may also confirm that if other users have the same issue. 1. Click Start, please type “inetcpl.cpl” (without quotation marks) in the Start Search bar and press Enter to open the Internet options window.2. Switch to the Advanced tab.3. Click the "Reset Internet Explorer Settings" button.4. Click Reset to confirm the operation.5. Click Close when the resetting process has finished.6. Uncheck the "Enable third-party browser extensions" option in the Settings box.7. Click Apply, click OK.Arthur Xie - MSFT