This is using VS 2005 TE/SD with Document Explorer version 8.0.50727.42 RTM,
installed from MSDN DVD disc 3073, December 2005.

Hi Jordan,

Do you mean you follow the following directions on the MSDN 2005:

To change the background color for Help topics

1. On the Tools menu, choose Options. The Options dialog box appears.

2. Choose Web Browser and then click Internet Explorer Options.

3. On the General tab, click Accessibility.

4. Select Ignore colors specified on Web pages.

5. Click OK.

6. On the General tab, click Colors.

7. Unselect Use Windows colors.

8. Click the color switch for Background to display the Colors dialog box,
and then choose a different color.

9. Click OK and then click OK again.

I test it and it works at immediately.

By the way, the above is the ways to change the web page's background color
of your machine's Internet Explorer. Since the MSDN Document explorer just
uses the IE browser as its embedded browser. So it the above methods
doesn't work, can you change your IE's background color outside the MSDN
document explorer?

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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