Funny thing happens at the logon window after waking up

Hello,
After my MacBook (Mountain Lion installed to latest update) wakes up, the logon screen is dark and as I move the mouse over it, it reveals the various icons and user names. Thsi happens every time after the computer sleeps. I attach a screenshot for your review.
This does not happen when the computer is powered on "from scratch" (i.e., after it was completely shut down), just upon waking up.
Also, this has happened for a while, even before the upgrade to Mountain Lion.
Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks.

If Leopard came pre-installed and this is a new machne, then the disks that came in the box should let you archive install preserving users & network settings. The disks have a grey label, and if you get more than one use disk #1 for this procedure.
Hold down the "option" (also known as "alt" on the new keyboards) key when starting up with disk #1 in the optical drive. Select the install disk icon on the grey screen and click the arrow. Then when you get to the "select destination pane, click the options button after selecting your hard drive as the destination. In options A& I preserving should be checked by default, if not, select them. Click "ok" to dismiss the options pane, then run the installation.
If this does not work for you, call apple support. They want everything to work. Be patient, they are real busy these days.
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