Tray (Notification area) system acting weird icons.

For the last few days I've noticed a problem with my system tray icons, when I run my mouse over them (by chance or to check the status of the battery etc) I noticed that the highlight icon remains highlighted, even if I move the mouse away. This happens for each icon in the system tray, becomes the more times I move the mouse on the icon the darker background.  I also observed the changing context of solid color to a random icon like google chrome.
I've included two screenshots as reference.

      
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Try to re - install your graphics drivers. Make sure you have the latest drivers for your Windows (if don't know what to choose, choose the drivers of Windows 8 Preview of consumption).

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