.menu {
	position: relative;
	z-index: 1000;
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	padding-top: 5px;
}

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	list-style-type:none;
	width:190px;
}

/* hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul {
	margin-left:-16px; 
	margin-left:0;
}

/* position relative so that you can position the sub levels */
.menu li {
	position:relative;
	background:#000033;
	height:18px;
	width:190px;
}

/* get rid of the table */
.menu table {
	position:absolute; 
	border-collapse:collapse; 
	top:0; 
	left:0; 
	z-index:100; 
	font-size:12px;
}

/* style the links */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
	display:block; 
	text-decoration:none;
	height:16px;
	line-height:16px;
	width:200px;
	color:9999CC;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

/* hack for IE5.5 */
/*  HIER ist der frisch geladene Zustand */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
	background:#000033; 
	width:230px; 
	w\idth:180px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	display:block; 
	text-decoration:none;
	height:16px;
	line-height:16px;
	color:9999CC;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

/* Hier wird der normale Link eingestellt */
/* style the link hover */
* html .menu a:hover {
	/*color:#FFFFFF; */
	background:#000033;
	width: 190px;
	height: 16px;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:16px;
}

.menu :hover > a {
	color:white; 
	background:#000033;
	width: 190px;
	height: 16px;
	font-size: 12px;
}

/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
/* auch hier erscheint das Menü nicht mehr */
.menu ul ul {
	visibility:hidden;
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	left:190px;
}

/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
/* Ab hier wird in allen Browsern ausser IE6 das Submenü dargestellt */
.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul a:hover ul {
	visibility:visible;
	width: 290px;
	font-size: 12px;
	white-space: nowrap;
}

li{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}
/* Meine IE6 Konfig für Submenü */
li:hover ul{
	visibility:hidden;
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	left:190px;
}

/*Dieser Punkt konfiguriert unter IE6 das Hover Event */
li.sub a.navfirst:hover{
	visibility:visible;
	width: 190px;
	font-size: 12px;
	white-space: nowrap;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
}

li.sub a.navfirst{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #9999CC;
}

li.sub a.navfirst:active{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

a.sublink:link,a.sublink:visited{
	color: #C0C0C0;
	border: 0;
}
a.sublink:active,a.sublink:hover{
	color: #696969;
	border: 0;
}

img.sublink{
	border-width: 0;
}

/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul ul{
	visibility:hidden;
}
/* keep the fourth level hidden when you hover on second level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul ul{
	visibility:hidden;
}

<!--[if IE 7]>
<style type="text/css">
.menu li {
	float:left;
}