InDesign CC selected text color

I've just started using INDD CC and am having a problem. When I select text in my document the background color is a dark blue (which is fine) BUT the text itself remains whatever color is assigned to it. So if the text is black and I select the text I get black text on dark blue and you can't see the seclected text (see screen capture below). In previous versions (and every other program in the world) the selected text would reverse out in white. Is anyone else having this issue? Is there a way of changing this? The way it is now the new INDD CC is unusable because of this "bug" (?). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm using INDD CC (64 bit) on a PC running Windows 7 Pro (64 bit). I've checked my graphics card driver and it's up to date.
Thanks!

The problem lies with the Windows UI themes, particularly the Aero ones, but you can adjust the theme you're currently using to your liking. Right click on the desktop > Personalize > WIndow Color (at the bottom of the Personalization window) > Window Color and Appearance - then click on Advanced appearance settings...
And then I selected a lighter gray (in color 1). Yeah, it's a few steps that I wish I didn't have to make - just because someone at Adobe thought, "that's not something that's gonna be a problem for anyone."

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