Brad,
To start off, what has happened to Beta 8f?
I used the Component Manager to check and it doesn't show up? Also as I mentioned before, and now I confirm on a clean install, of XP, that upon changing my WB , theme, that the generic windowmetric setting, are reset. In this I mean the fonts, reset to windows generic settings (MS Sans Serif 8pt.) Also of note if a different color desktop is chosen, beyond the one assigned, by the skin, it does not load immediately, and also if the color chosen, is custom and added to the windows color control, applied to the desktop, if you go back to the color control, the custom color saved is gone. Now figure that one...