Windows 10: Rainbow Squares of Death...?

This was the first time this happened on my PC and I don't know how to explain it properly, but I'll try to explain how it happened, I was using my computer, and I had left the computer for a few minutes, when I came back, I had I came across a colorful screen, which seemed to be in a colorful pattern of squares, and I have no idea why this happened, if anyone knows why this happens and maybe how to solve it, I would appreciate it. Sorry for my English, I used Google Translate to write this

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Rainbow Deluxe Cursor Set

Thank you so much Hopachi for applying the fixes I suggested above. I am very happy that you like the color transitions that I suggested before. I knew they would work perfectly well for this Rainbow Deluxe cursor set. Many thanks.

 

steam games rainbow 6 flicker after upgrade to windows 10

Hi,

 

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10. 

 

I understand the inconvenience that you are facing on Windows 10, we will help you with this issue.

In order to assist you better, I would like to know the following queries:

Does the same issue occur with other games?

Do you see flickering screen while using any other program?



If the issue is confined only to the steam games rainbow 6, I would suggest you to re-install the game and see if it helps.



To uninstall the game please follow the steps below:

• Press Windows + R key.
• Type appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
• Find the game from the list and hit uninstall.

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have any further related query.

Thank you.

 

Gray Square on Desktop - Frozen Cursor

Here's today's update.

Starting with yesterday, uninstalled all of my recent Windows Updates and any other Update from any other application (mostly Adobe) and then I did a clean boot start. Got thru that fairly quickly (remember, I am technically challenged) but I got 'er done
and when the laptop restarted, the issue was there again. The laptop automatically started to download and install the latest Windows Update and I didn't stop it. I uninstalled a few programs and shortened by startup list of apps, still the square and gray
circles were there. I then ran a series of malware and virus scans from various apps all resulting with no issues. I also had a 'Fix Me Stick' which I ran and resulted in nothing to fix. So worked through my day, swiping the square and gray circles away from
my display until I went to bed last night.

This morning, I started up the Dell and began working - but no square and no circles. I worked all day on the laptop using Photoshop, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Excel and NO SQUARE AND NO CIRCLES ALL DAY!

I do not know what has happened nor what fixed this issue but it suddenly has stopped. I will watch if the 'crop circles and square' returns and if so, I'll update this question again.

Thanks to all who contributed with possible solutions and corrective action steps for me to follow. All contributions and suggestions were and are gratefully accepted and very much appreciated.

Cheers!

Ken