I fixed it, and did not change a THING for my graphics card. . . .

I looked in the Maya help file, found the way to access the tool settings . . . i.e. . .

1. Click a tool in the toolbox to make it active.

2. Double-click a tool to show the tool's options panel.

I did not have to change any settings . . . I just double-clicked the
tool with the four panels open, and voila, my tools all appeared in every window . . . . .