The White and gray squares means there is no background. ITs PSP's way of telling you that.
If you want to keep it transparanet, save the picture in a format that accepts transparent backgrounds, such as PNG or GIF.
Go to File-> Export -> then pick a format.
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.