Hi thanks for your comments. I did not have any previous versions of WB. However, during my first install I was unable to activate because of my firewall. So I tried the manual activation. While I was waiting for the manual activation, I unistalled WB and reinstalled twice until I figured out that the problem was with my router and so waited until I received the activation file.
I tried your suggestion of applying Classic and XP skins. A few things are different that I noticed. First, when I come to the classic or XP skin in the skin browser, I do not get a "Apply this skin" link on the picture. However, I right clicked on the image of the skin and could apply the skin. Second, only for these two skins, the skin browser closes as soon as it applies the skin. This does not happen with other skins.
Thanks