Open Info, get a blinky screen!

er, I have a few items on the desktop, which I was wanting to transfer to another computer. To do so I wanted to know how big they were, so I could figure out the best/easiest way to make the transfer.
When I open the Info on these icons, it pops up and a in second the screen winks -- flashes black very briefly, all the icons and menus are gone while the screen/picture comes back, and then the icons and top menu return. It seems to do it with any icon from the desktop, except for the HD icon.
I haven't moved things around into other locations to see if it also happens there -- it shouldn't be happening at all!
Is this the tip of the iceberg for some other, larger OS glitch?
Thanks for your time.
J.

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