I noticed all my core pages display except when I click on "Notifications" under the user menu.

I get a blank page, yet all other pages seem to render properly. Any advice appreciated.

PHP debug message for the blank page?

my bad, meant to post them. Here is what the page shows when I turn the 2.3 debugging on:

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\kernel\config.php line 239
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\kernel\profile.php line 94
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\include\common.php line 215
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\kernel\config.php line 239
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\kernel\config.php line 239
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Program Files\Apache2\htdocs\notifications.php line 78
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\modules\smartsection\xoops_version.php line 527
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\kernel\config.php line 239
Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file C:\Progra~1\Apache2\htdocs\class\database\mysqldatabase.php line 242

All notices? No warnings or errors at all? These have nothing to do with an error as far as I can tell. And these are common when using a newer version of PHP.

Not sure what to check next.

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Note this was the debugging from the admin menu -> system -> general settings; that I enabled. I selected all 3 options. Was there any other debugging I should have turned on?

Usually for a blank page (My experience) PHP will usually have an error or a warning. Notices most of the time will not affect the site operation. And these notices you showed were on the blank page itself when you viewed it?

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Exactly. The page was all white except for that text. When I turn debugging off from the system general settings, its just a plain white page.

Have you tried re uploading notifications.php? Maybe some corruption in transfer.

I uploaded that file from a fresh d/l of the full package as well as the notification files from the include dir. wiped the files in the cache dir and hit the update button on the system module. Same issue, blank screen.

Any other help appreciated.