Windows XP SP3, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 (Gateway). For YEARS I used Windows Classic style for my display with no PROBLEMS. I recently upgraded memory twice. First time was 3 years ago. I went from 512m to 1G. One month ago I upgraded from 1g to 2g. After this upgrade, the Menu and Favorites Bars are missing when I start internet explorer. If I change the view to XP style, the problem is no longer there. If I then change the view back to classic view, The bars are still there. If I then turn the COMPUTER off, wait a bit, and turn the computer back on, the bars are missing in Classic view. I have checked for hardware conflicts and could find none. Changing PageFile settings did not affect this ( I currenly have page file set to custom size of 3069. Is there more than one User on this PC ? ?
That would be the only reason i can think that the preferences are changed...

The switch for toolbars on/off is on the Menu bar under View.No, I am the only user. What preferences are you referring to?Toolbars on or off...

P.S. Leave the pagefile alone...let Windows manage it.