Since upgrading to 9.0, and still in 9.1, I haven't been able to use any new skins. I'll download a new skin, but when it tries to activate, I get a message that I can't read half the time (I get a black rectangle where the error message should be) and then MC reverts to the default skin. Most of the skins that I used in 8.0 still work--but not lowerright, my favorite Mini-Me skin. lowerright is still in my skin manager, but when I apply it, MC becomes invisible. Newly downloaded skins don't show up in my skin manager. I notice that the files for the new skins are downloaded and saved, but the skins that work seem to use GIF files, and the ones that don't seem to use bitmaps. Is this the problem, and what can I do about it?
Media Center Registered 9.1.305 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1199 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 117 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:Normal CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive D: OPTORITE CD-RW CW4802 Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:28 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: No / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None