Graphics: "Ghost" image of some program GUIs left on Win desktop. Need to lasso to remove.

Okay, I know this isn't a Sonar issue but I think it might be part of the reason why I've been having some problems lately (but this has been happening since before those issues started). Just hoping for some insight as to what it could mean and how to correct it.
 
This can get moved to the Computers area if the hosts feel it's inappropriate. Just thought I could get more eyes first off up here.
 
This is what's happening (and Sonar isn't doing this but it's been doing some other graphical stuff that might be related).
 
Sometimes if I open a program (and I first noticed this with Microsoft Security Essentials but it just did it with my GEForce Experience program thingie) then close it the last image of that program remains on the screen. The program itself closes but the ghost image remains covering up my destop. If I right click lasso over top of it I can chop out squares of the ghost image to expose what's underneath. So the lasso area gets removed but nothing else... I have to lasso the whole image to get rid of it which isn't a big deal but it seems like a symptom.
 
Up until about 6 months ago I guess I had been using the generic Windows driver for my graphics card (Gigabyte nVidia GEForce 210) because when I tried to adjust my screen res to use the entirety of my flat panel screen (an old LG TV/monitor) I did not have the NVIDIA panel stuff installed (but I could have sworn I had installed the proper drivers when I built the rig). I am not certain but I think this started happening after that... but not right away perhaps and intermittently(?). Hard to tell because I generally only use Sonar on this rig and only futz with MSE when I need to go online.
 
At that time I had installed the most up to date driver for my rig but the GEforce updater thingie has been nagging me so today I decided to try to update it. The only update said it was just a security thing but I figured I'd try it anyway (maybe just the updater trying to update itself... which is a little obnoxious). Once I tried to do the update the download refused to start so after a way I clicked the stop button and it whitescreened on me. Tried to close it and the whitescreen remained. That was actually a "ghosted" image and I had to lasso it away like I do with MSE sometimes.
 
All "Important" Windows updates are installed (as of yesterday) but I don't install the "Optional" ones if that's relevant (I never do on any of my systems in case MS is trying to sneak something annoying in like Bing or IE).
 
And I guess that's about all I can say other than since Lexington (which I am still on but am about to try Manchester and if that doesn't work for me some of the earlier releases like Kingston of JP... really don't want to go back to Foxboro or pre-aux tracks era).
 
Just wondering if anyone is familiar with this and can offer some insights as to what might be going on or if it's even something to worry about. It doesn't hurt anything. It's just weird and as I said perhaps a sympton of a larger issue that IS causing me problems.
 
Oh and I've scanned for viruses/malware using MSE and Malwarebytes as of yesterday (with up to date definition files). Neither found anything (wouldn't expect them to).
 
System Specs:
 
i7 2600k (not overclocked)
ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 (MOBO)
Gigabyte GEForce 210 (nvidia vid card/custom resolution set to 1360x768 60hz because that's the only res that kind of works with the monitor)
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (RAM)
C Drive 7200rpm HDD 500GB (programs/OS)
E Drive 7200rpm HDD 1TB (storage/audio)
*both drives are Barracudas IIRC... might be Caviar Blacks. I always forget.
Win7 Professional 64 bit
Focusrite Scarlett 18i6
 
edit: Oh and I built this system myself back in 2012. First build and has generally worked pretty well. Might be getting a little old now though.
 
If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate them.
 
Thanks muchly and this is not an emergency.
 
Cheers!

Look at this Beep http://superuser.com/questions/270470/menu-item-from-closed-program-stays-on-top 
 
Let me know if what you see there and what is described is similar.   
 

It must be a page refresh issue. I have never seen this ever. Not in all the years I have been computing.
What I found interesting in that link was that it seems to somewhat common on Windows 7. But it also can be on any OS.
 
That said what graphic card do you have and do you have the latest drivers for it?
 
I will move this now.  

John
It must be a page refresh issue. I have never seen this ever. Not in all the years I have been computing.
What I found interesting in that link was that it seems to somewhat common on Windows 7. But it also can be on any OS.
 
That said what graphic card do you have and do you have the latest drivers for it?
 
I will move this now.  

All in my OP, dood.
 
Thanks.
 
PS: It's not so much that this problem is the problem... just that it might be indicating something else is going on that is screwing up Sonar or maybe somehting on my rig is dying.
 
 

It shouldn't die yet its too young! I do believe its a page refresh issue. You just have the single monitor right? 
 
It could be how you have setup Windows. Look up performance in windows settings and see what is set there. 
 
 
 

Based on your previous link I actually tried clicking the "Performance" mode option but it was pretty darned agressive and horrendous. lol...
 
It essentially deselects ALL the items in that list and makes everything look like poop on a cracker so I may just ease into that stuff a bit.
 
May or may not help and I'd have to see how it affects Sonar and various other audio related programs.
 
I generally don't care about cosmetics but that was an immediate throwback to Win3.1 graphically... heheh
 
If it helps with audio stuff though I will do it.
 

I would pull the card and re-seat it. After that I would go back to the factory install disk and re-install the driver it shipped with. It sounds like the issue is graphics card related for sure. If it was Sonar only I'd flush the picture cache, but this seems global from your description.

You can run msconfig and see the NVidea stuff and uncheck it, both in services and startup.
This will have the effect of uninstalling without actually uninstalling,

@bitm... I'm just going to uninstall all that crap and go back to my old settings if I keep having problems. Only reason I installed it was because AD2 did not fit into the old style screen res. Now that I think we can scroll in the VST window that's no longer an issue (but I gotta test it and would like to keep the widescreen action). Thanks.
 
@bitf... I will definitely check that out. I don't need any of that fancy crud going on. My only care is about Sonar stability and audio quality. Not even sure if 3D acceleration has any (positive) effect on anything I do on this system. I'm guessing it's for games and video stuff... which I rarely partake in on this system and when I do I don't need any fancy shmanciness going on. Thanks.