Ok folks... I found an answer to the problem for anyone who is using WSB version 1.4... It comes as two Stylehack downloads.

Address Bar Text Glow StyleHack
Search Bar Text Glow StyleHack
Code:
https://nopd11.deviantart.com/art/Search-bar-text-glow-for-Win-7-146392573
Hope someone finds this useful.

Also, just want to take a minute to say that this is a great site! Keep up the good work!