Frank...I'm guessing you have either an older browser or older netscape which does not support some of the newer features...try to upgrade your browser if possible as RCU takes advantage of many features only available in th 5.0 and up versions of IE or later netscape versions. You are seeing black because I'm guessing either your browser is an older version or possibly if you do have a newer one there is a preference that is disabled preventing the links from showing as "white" in color rather than black. They are intended to be white on blue...if you are using IE 5.5 which I think you are try to upgrade to 6.0 and you will love what you see if you can't find the preference to turn CSS (cascading style sheets) on.