Shoutbox

Operating system: Win XP SP2
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9550

The problem is as follows.

Today when I had just come to my pc and started surfing on the internet and stuff, there was a power cut. The pc rebooted, but already before XP loaded, in addition to what appears usually on the screen, there were all kinds of small squares and stripes (you'll probably get a better idea when you see screenies).

I tried to reboot once again, still it didn't look 'okay'.

This is what my desktop looked like when I logged on to XP:


On the right, there are four clear 'bars' formed of vertical stripes, which are always there, never disappeared.

Also, I should note that some of the icons in the start menu and probably all of the file icons in folders also looked kinda 'broken'.

Although, the visual aspect aside, the pc thankfully seems to work as fine as ever.

Now, I uninstalled ATI drivers and installed new ones, which didn't do anything except for the fact that now all the icons look like normal.

Also one interesting thing - occasionally if I move some window over the icons on desktop, the blue stripes around them disappear for a while. But nothing helps for the vertical stripes on the right.

The current situation:




(Btw, there's the kinda blue stuff around the mouse pointer too, which don't appear on the screenie.)


So what's wrong? Any ideas, suggestions would be more than welcome. And feel free to ask additional info, if needed.