Windows 7 menu color

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Published on 2010-03-26T14:13:49Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 14:23 UTC
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I find the Windows 7 menu color quite hard to read. The default text and highlighted text are similar colors:

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Can I change this without changing the actual theme? Or do I need to choose a high-contrast theme?

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