Help me please

When i us any hack it works great the menu pops up and all with the insert key but when i leave that game and join another the menu disapears but if i push insert and push down or whatever and sideways to turn on another hack the hacks work but i cant see the words in the menu to know which im turning on or off. If the hack has a black background the background will show up its only the words that disapear. Please help