Hello,
Whenever I try to install a skin, it is always greyish or black, especially in the bar which shows ur msn nickname, pm, and dp.... i've checked compatibility, but it says that it should work 4 my messenger... i have the latest official messenger 8.5 (version 2008, not beta) and vista, but these nightfall, nao, skylines all show greyish fields EVERYWHERE... completely different from the screenshots! Only the Apple and Office 07 'Log in' screens are proper, with the same looks as the screenshots, but when i log on, it is grey again everywhere except the contact list.... What to do? I have installed the latest version msg plus livewhich came out a couple of days ago, but still facing this!

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Also, can you check in the skins's subfolders on C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Skins\ to see if there are SkinTrace.txt files. If there are, please paste what they say.