Top Sites continuously blank and refresh

I like and use Top Sites but it has become unsuable with this constant blacking out and reloading the thumbnails.  My MBP has not seen a problem at all.
I have been searching every other day for over a month trying to find a fix in Windows Safari with no joy.  I want to resolve, not switch browsers. Please offer up a solution that only refreshes the Top Site thumbnails once a day or as some controlable interval.  Started about two versions ago, now on ver 5.1.5. Windows 7 64bit.

I haven't seen a workaround for this one yet. Not a short term solution, but perhaps try reporting the issue to Apple via the safari product feedback form:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

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