Finder window text messed up?

My fiinder window is messed up graphically
My MBP hangs or freezes
I recently migrated my files and software from my older 2005 MBP running 10.5.8
Could there be any conflicts?

If you could spare more than five syllables to describe the problem, and perhaps post a screenshot to illustrate it, perhaps someone could help you.

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