It looke like the background layer.

Check the settings on your UIS2 frames. I haven't been skining for months so I am a bit behind and going on a aging memeory but those windows normally use the UIS2 frames.

Cause Vista sucks and I lost my XP disc. I was excited for WB for Win 7 so I could skin again but apparently SKS isn't ready for Win 7 and besides WB skins IE8 half assed so I'll check back in afew months to see if they have improved it.

Doc has a copy of my so called master skin that I never finished if anyone wants to finish and post it, Just contact him and leave me out of it.  Consider permission granted.  The title bar buttons need to be redone. The ones I had temporarly done stink. Peeee yoooooooo. It works pretty darn well with Win 7 also. I uninstalled Wb and impulse so that's why I'll be out of the loop. I would hate to see the skin go to waste.

This is one that I've never heard before but will reduce the color palate down to see what happens. any idea why?

RE-EDIT: check my setting and I'm maxed out at 24bit, no 32bit available (paintshoppro7), did the blur thing and while it seemed to help in sks6 presentation I'm still having the issue over lighter sections of whatever might be below it.

thanks for the response, will do some other checking with settings.