[Solved] Lot Editor Overlay Texture Menu (Hard to see)

[thecitiescenter 3,045]

UPDATE/RESOLUTION: Turns out I had inadvertently set a software render command prompt for LE when I was testing a few things due to another non-related graphics issue I was having.  Removing the prompt resolved the issue.  Will keep this  thread here for future reference in case anybody needs it.
 

Recently had to migrate to a new computer and noticed that in LE, the textures in the overlay texture popup menu are now placed above a white and grey "transparency checkerboard" , whereas on my previous computer the textures in the menu were actually transparent.  Ofc, the checkerboard makes it hard (often impossible) to see any texture that is white.

Here is an example, selecting the same texture:

Old Computer (no problem seeing white textures):

 

New Computer (cannot or can barely see the textures because of the checkerboard):

Versions are the same and all patches, etc. have been applied on the new comp.

Anybody else experience this before, and/ or know of a solution?  

Thanks in adv.