Windows swapping over - don't know why. Help

Hi,
usually when I have programs open I can have them all on the screen e.g. I have photoshop open and Safari open and both remain on the screen, one over the other, whichever I am looking at. But all of a sudden, this isn't happening anymore, when I have photoshop open and then I open a Safari window, the Photoshop is snapping off the screen. I don;t know how I've managed to make this happen, but I don't want the programs snapping on and off the screen; any idea how to stop this?
Thanks.

It could be that each application is somehow opening separately in one of the Spaces panes. Go to System Preferences/ Spaces and uncheck "Enable Spaces" and see if it still happens after you've done that.
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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.3.9600.17298 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Bitmap Dump File: Only kernel address space is available
************* Symbol Path validation summary **************
Response                         Time (ms)     Location
Deferred                                       SRV*C:\Windows\symbol_cache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\Windows\symbol_cache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 8 Kernel Version 9600 MP (6 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 9600.17328.amd64fre.winblue_r3.140827-1500
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff803`7a47e000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff803`7a754370
Debug session time: Tue Nov 25 22:05:18.738 2014 (UTC - 5:00)
System Uptime: 2 days 9:06:56.454
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading User Symbols
PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 00000000`7ffdf018). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details
Loading unloaded module list
*                        Bugcheck Analysis
Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff8037a52cba4, ffffd000220ab340, 0}
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4: kd> !analyze -v
*                        Bugcheck Analysis
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3b)
An exception happened while executing a system service routine.
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Arg1: 00000000c0000005, Exception code that caused the bugcheck
Arg2: fffff8037a52cba4, Address of the instruction which caused the bugcheck
Arg3: ffffd000220ab340, Address of the context record for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg4: 0000000000000000, zero.
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EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%08lx referenced memory at 0x%08lx. The memory could not be %s.
FAULTING_IP:
nt!KxWaitForLockOwnerShipWithIrql+14
fffff803`7a52cba4 48890a          mov     qword ptr [rdx],rcx
CONTEXT: ffffd000220ab340 -- (.cxr 0xffffd000220ab340;r)
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rip=fffff8037a52cba4 rsp=ffffd000220abd70 rbp=ffffd000220abea0
r8=ffffd000220abef0 r9=ffffe000da69ddb0 r10=ffffd000220abf80
r11=fffff90145b03ce0 r12=fffff90140ad53f8 r13=fffff90140a00830
r14=0000000000000000 r15=ffffe000d889d880
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cs=0010 ss=0018 ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b             efl=00010046
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DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x3B
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ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17298 (debuggers(dbg).141024-1500) amd64fre
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SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 3
SYMBOL_NAME: win32k!SEMOBJ::vUnlock+2c
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MODULE_NAME: win32k
IMAGE_NAME: win32k.sys
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 54335e2a
IMAGE_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17393
STACK_COMMAND: .cxr 0xffffd000220ab340 ; kb
BUCKET_ID_FUNC_OFFSET: 2c
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BUCKET_ID: 0x3B_win32k!SEMOBJ::vUnlock
ANALYSIS_SOURCE: KM
FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING: km:0x3b_win32k!semobj::vunlock
FAILURE_ID_HASH: {ec837e9a-fa14-dd77-d99c-f14b9fe89bf2}
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