There are several core parts of Miranda all can be skinned differently. 1)contact list: you need clistmodern and place the skins in your mirandaskins folder get it here http://addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?a...iewfile&id=2103 2)Message Window: afaik only tabSRMM has an inbuilt skinning engine, this would override your windows theme get it here http://addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?a...iewfile&id=1401 3)Message log: if you want customizable css/html logs like Adium you need to get ieview get it here http://addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?a...iewfile&id=1788 I suggest you start with the development build here: http://www.miranda-im.org/development/ it contains the most up to date core plugins.