Desktop display corrupted when using Search (for files/folders)

When searching for a file, after the search facility has been running for alittle while, the desktop display loses various items, particularly names under icons. The normally blue background (I have no theme selected) will sometimes go white too.

Additionally, Search will, after displaying a list of items, repeat the scan and duplicate what it finds.

I have run sfc /scannow but that makes no difference.

What can be causing this strange behaviour?

I'll see if I can attach a couple of screenshots ... ah, yes.

 

Thank you Evan for the suggestions.


The corruption appears only when running a search.

The video card driver is up to date.

I don't know what version 4.0 of Windows Search was installed (I don't know how to find out), so I downloaded it anyway.

There was no difference after a reboot.

I have been through the clean boot instructions but unfortunately I still see the corruptiuon when using Search.

 

I shall report further in a while. I have other things to do, many of which are more pressing.

 

Thank you Evan.

Doing a search after booting into Safe mode does not cause the problem.

There isn't a default Windows theme, I've deleted them. I did change the desktop background though. I normally have none selected (a plain blue screen). I selected the green hill thing. Made no difference - I still get the display corruption.


Arie, do you have any suggestions where and what to look for insofar as graphics or resource problems are concerned?
And what are "resources" anyway?

 

Correct.

Incorrect. I used Driver Genius. Driver date is 23/09/2012 (sic), and driver version is 6.14.13.681

I had a look on that link. It doesn't give either a date or a version. How do you/we know that it is more recent than the one installed?

MSE is installed and enabled. Malwarebytes and SUPERAntispywre Professional are both installed but disabled; I run them once in a while. (I know the caveats about running more than one.)



Arie. Ok, thank you.

I've had no apparent graphics problems other than the one which is the subject of this thread.

The machine has a 160.03 GB hard drive, 115.5 GB of which is free. and there's 1.536 GB of r.a.m.

 

Ok, I did that a few minutes ago. I'm afraid that there's no change.

There's one thing I didn't mention. Sometimes, if I move the mouse cursor around the screen, missing text beneath icons reappears.

When the screen corruption is worse, moving the cursor just changes the corruption.

 

Same in Safe mode?

 

I have run Process Explorer three times. Once before I tried a search, once while searching but before display corruption started, and the third time after corruption started.

Needless to say, the results don't mean anything to me, but I shall attach the txt files of them.

 

I have received a private message from PeteC asking me to continue or conclude this thread.

Since my computer still has the problem I would like to keep the thread open. Perhaps somebody can eventually help me solve it.

By the way, Process Explorer displays information which means absolutely nothing to me.