here is the cause.
1. you have another mm 2 converted skin in your system or other skin that is missing the updated codes from when the skin was first authored.
2. this will cause the white square to show up in the skin. it will also cause the nc area image to be put in the same location as the white square that is out of place when you switch to your other skins.
cause. skin author didn't know to put the code and images in or did not re compile in the newer version of the skinning theme engine after improvements were made to the theme engine, which then caused the skin to have proper code.
so not doing that recompile caused the trouble.
how do i know this now after all this time simple this is a new computer i never had any skins in it other then mine or the default downloaded skins. this square error never showed.
i downloaded and installed a skin that was converted from mm 2. to mm 3 and installed it on this computer. the white square instantly showed up. i switched to one of my skins to see if it was only on the skin i just installed. but it was in fact affecting my skin which was not showing the error before i installed this (new to this system) skin which was an converted skin.
i checked some other skins i did not use the mm 2 templete to make for mm 3 and the error was showing up there too.
so one badly coded skin will mess up them all.
and since i had fixed all my skins when you sent sent me that update rusty so the error did not show up.