Thanks, I upgraded to the latest beta version & it fixed it. The skin also had a speed increase

I have another question now, how do I change the background for videos, programs, etc... in your skin?

Here you go

http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=228009

I really like the skin though, note that when i got to the home screen of another skin, it plays the start up sound whereas if i start in a different skin from transparency & then swap skins, it wouldn't play any sound.

I just get a black screen while trying to boot to the home menu & I can only seem to be able to fix this by going to the home screen of another skin, then back to transparency, any ideas?