What messes with the softkey labels?

[redhat]

Trying to figure out why my softkey labels are suddenly stuck as if a call is coming in. They always look like this now:

Answer Menu

Pressing Answer does nothing. Pressing Menu brings up "Ignore" and "Ignore with text message" as the options. Ignore does nothing. The other goes to a new/blank text message.

The items I have installed on my Today page are:

hidelogo
phoneAlarm
Web Search
TodayAgenda
Resco Today Plugin

Everything else is unchecked.

I also ran vjtoggletodayiialpha and spnt700wxSMSpatch.

I'm using the Black Curves skin.

I've tried turning the Today plugins on/off one at a time, but the softkey labels remain stuck.

Any idea what's doing that to me?

Thanks.

[Big D5]

I have had this happen before something freezes when a call comes on and the soft keys hang. A soft reset always fixes it for me.

[redhat]

After a soft reset the correct Messaging and Menu labels appear. If I then run vjtoggletoday the top bar (Windows logo and Start) goes away AND the softkey labels disappear. That would be OK, except that as soon as I get a phone call the Answer and Menu labels get stuck on again and won't go away.

Here's another interesting thing. When the Answer label is stuck on, tapping the screen on the word Answer does nothing. But pressing the actual button brings up a new/blank text message. Likewise, tapping the screen on the word Menu bring up "Ignore" and "Ignore with text message" options, but pressing the actual button brings up the proper Today page menu.

Guess I just can't use vjtoggletoday. Is there any other way to get rid of the very top line with the Start button?