This is what you have to do to correct the icon coruption
Open Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
In the right-pane, double-click Shell Icon BPP and set it's value to 16
Close Registry Editor.
You will need to restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
by the way can anyone tell me how to report problems to microsoft?