darn.....wish I could help... but I read the thread title and thought this was about the Obama Administration....

sounds a bit like something CCleaner did to me a year or 2 ago.......seems it cleaned some stuff it shouldn't.....try rolling back to a setup prior to the issue....

Applying the same skin twice in a row clears up some transparency issues for me, might see what that does.  Completely different graphics card and Windows though.

I ran into this a couple times awhile back with WB6 on Vista. I have no idea what caused it to happen but it wasn't always the same solution. Sometimes I would have to reboot before it would fix itself. Other times though if I went to Personalize>Display Settings somehow the Colors box would have gotten set to Medium(16bit) and not High(32bit) and when I changed it back to High it would fix the problem.

Video card's still working.

BUMP 

have you updated your vid drivers recently? if not, do so.. also.. if you have.. the experience score will need to be re-run for DWM to work correctly with WB and give u back your trans.

Worst case.. go get a new vid card.. try replacing it. running the score, it may fix it.. if not, keep your reciept.

Also.. when was the last time you formatted? Windows can get corruped and a good repair is sometimes in order.

Ive yet to see a case of this that wasnt a locally related bug. I doubt its WB fault.

I do too. Drivers updated (see OP).

Upgrading to W7 so, it might disappear when I do that. At least that's what all the hoopla (sp.?) touts.

Sure wish Neil had come up with the magic bullet.

Also wish yrag had made an appearance, but he might yet. Trying to keep the thread alive so he can take a look.

My thanx to everyone who's tried to help!

7 will probably fix it , especially if u haven't formatted in a while. If it doesn't... its likely your card\hardware.

Good luck.

Doc, have you tried downloading the latest drivers from your laptop makers website?

I'm assuming it's a laptop since it's running a m video card.

The drivers from Nvidia are referance drivers and could be incompatible with your laptop.

Also, make sure to uninstall the video drivers prior to installing new ones. Installing over old drivers cause nothing but problems.

Hey Seth....you can always try XP...mines working great...always has! I never get that annoyng UAC thing either...it just works! Go figure! 

Cars...yeah. I have. Then did the vid drivers. This things gonna drive me nutz.

What am I saying? I've been there a while. {*peeks at his member number}

WG....might end up doing that, especially since OD's going in the opposite direction. 

{*thinks an abacus is looking better and better}

John...thanx for sticking with the post...yeah, I'm hoping for upgrade magic.

Sent ya a little thank you present.

I think CG1's hit on an important point....with laptops, the video drivers available thru ATi or NVidia are rarely the best way to go.

The laptop manufacturer likely has a highly specialized driver set for that video card and even if it's a year or 2 old, it's the best driver for the laptop.

Thanx, Cars. Tried it, but no joy. Did a full malwarebytes scan, too.

found some crap and cleaned it out. Next? Heading over HiJackThis, I think.

Thanx for the tip, Lantec...I was following Cars' advice anyway.

Update:

Well, updated Theme Manager and WB7 yesterday evening, and guess what disappeared?

Those transparency issues and "white areas" all gone, and can apply stuff to skins again.

This happened to me once in the past...if anyone remembers when vStyler received reports about his

skins breaking.

Ahhh.....blithely shussing the slopes of Beta.....

Thanx all for your efforts to help, and thanx for the last update, Neil...turned the trick nicely!

I have never doubted for a second that this was a WB (eh, beta is beta) problem.

Glad to see the patient has fully recovered.

yeah...."The operation was a success...and the patient didn't die."