We were having the invisible handle selection problem and after reading through this lengthy dicussion, reinstalling VW, upgrading my operating system and getting the newest update for nvidia driver, and still having the problem, I decided I would try changing the resolution to 256 colors just for a temporary fix. When I opened the control panel I found it was already at 256 and changing it to thousands of colors fixed the problem! It had been changed over the weekend and I didn't know about it. That was the problem all along. Four hours later, I know to check the resolution first when the handles are missing!!!