IM - Recipient sometimes sees black block instead of text when I use Windows 7 High Contrast theme

I use Lync client 2010 on 64 bit Windows 7. I like to use the Windows High Contrast Black theme. In Lync this sometimes causes an issue in that the person who I am sending messages to sees some of my messages as a black block/bar in their client (perhaps
it could be black text on black background). In my client the message looks ok. Any ideas as to what I can do to resolve this would be appreciated as it is an inconvenience to have to switch to a non-high contrast theme every time I am having an IM conversation
with someone.
Sincerely,
Daws

Hi,
You can try to the following steps:
Update Windows 7 and Lync 2010 client to the latest version.
Try to use Lync 2013 client to have a test.
If the issue persists, you can feedback on the link below:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lync/archive/2012/11/01/lync-app-feedback-you-asked-and-here-it-is.aspx
Best Regards,
Eason Huang
Eason Huang
TechNet Community Support

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