DAMNIT!!!

This has got to stop. I swear I've been trying to solve this problem for months, a little at a time. A bit of research here and there, some experimentation, looking through options screens, testing some programs, and even replacing the second video card.

Well, as usual, it took a post on the empeg board to fix it. Turns out there's a checkbox in Display properties > Effects, and it says "Show icons using all possible colors." The thing is, it was checked. I tried unchecking it, apply, no change. Tried checking it, apply...eureka!

However, the problem still exists in only the system tray. I put this together to show what I was talking about with Winamp:



So, I still have this problem, but maybe since I mentioned it specifically, I'll find the answer in a few moments