User interface corrupted on new iMac 24

Hi,
Does anyone else experienced graphic corruptions on 10.5 with a brand new iMac 24?
By corruption I mean dock bottom becoming black, black rectangles in icons, images scrambled, etc...
Thanks.

After logging in as a root user, everything is fine, so the corruption must be in the user folder. I noticed a process that was having trouble running called Screenreader, it was marked in red and I couldn't make it quit. Maybe that is the problem. I'm trying to replace my user folders from a backup.

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