ok I restarted WMM, this brought back Aero, then I applied the skin above and it worked correctly. So I agree with Matt .. the problem seems to steam from a non-aero skin to an aero type skin.
i can't seem to go back to aero with WB .. it just goes back to windows basic. So it looks like WB is downgrading my system for some reason.
I have the retail version of Windows Ultimate and yes without windows blinds running the Aero shows transparency correctly. As soon as I switch to a blinds skin it seems to switch the interface to Basic and then applies the skin. The start+tab window thing doesn't work either (it just does nothing). I'm not sure if this is the window blinds or the window fx running.
As noted in the screenshot vs the way it should look in the windows blind interface. Transparency isn't working right on my system and I'm not sure why. I have the latest Window Blinds version & registered. I have the latest ATI drivers for my Radeon card. Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4 Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.5 WindowBlinds version : Wind