A me funziona!!!
Quela sotto è la mia pagina di prova (non so come viene nel forum!!)

BYE

<html>
<Style>
a:link { color: #FF0011; text-decoration: none
}
A:VISITED {color: #FF0011; text-decoration : none
}
a:hover {color: #FF0011
background-color: #000000;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-top-color: #FF0011;
border-bottom-color: #FF0011;
}
body {
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color: ##F7F7F7;
color: #000000;
SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #FF0011;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #333333;
SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #FF0011;
SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #333333;
SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #333333;
SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #333333;
SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #000066;

}

td {
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

th {
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}


a.box {
padding: 3px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #333333;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a.box:link { color: #333333; text-decoration: none
}
a.box:hover {
color: #FF0011;
padding: 3px;
text-decoration: none;

border-top-width: 0px;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-top-color: #000000;
border-bottom-color: #000000;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

a.box:VISITED {color: #333333; text-decoration : none

}
</Style>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>
pippo
</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>