hi guys...i have the same problem you reported here...the menu appears always as a gray bar..but if i go back to the desktop and return in-game, i can see the menu..but it's a static one, so i can't see then i change an option (for example, in skirmish i can't see the maps then i change them or all the tags then i take them on\off).
I tryed everything you wrote, even the last solution you post...but it's all useless
every time i play and i want to use the menu (and choose an option and open a "submenu") for example close the game or save, i have to go to the desktop and return ingame for see it.
this is "ok" then i play campain, becouse i dont use so much the menu...but play skirmish is impossible...
How can i solve the problem? =(