Visual Studio UI not refreshing

Hello,
I have downloaded webinstaller of Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 32-bit (English) from dreamspark and installed it. However, after installation the UI of Visual Studio was not refreshing properly.
I had gray background, moving mouse over "hidden" items made them reappear if they had special effect while hovering, like bolding text. Also some links that are "hidden" in start page are still active -> if I hover my mouse on it,
the cursor will change. Resizing window will show everything as it supposed to but will still leave window "unactive". Clicking, writing etc does not update on my screen until I resize window again. Menus (File, Edit..) are working properly.
I uninstalled my Visual Studio and installed it again from image this time. It was working few times but now it is yet again unresponsive. I noticed that resizing the window will make it to refresh and show the content as it supposed to. I have also
tried to install Update 1, that didn't make any changes.
I have latest Windows updates. I have Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64. Visual Studio version: 12.0.30110.00 Update 1. .NET Framework 4.5.50938.
Any idea how to fix this?
(I am unable to add images or links, I will add some screenshots when my account is verified)

Hi,
Thank you for your detailed information, now I understand your issue.
I doubt whether there is anything wrong with your OS or user profile.
You may try the following steps to do a simple test:
1. Create a new user account and run VS. If you can run without problem. Your user profile is corrupt and you have to create a new account and copy current user info to it.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile It is for Win 7
2. Do some file check or repair on your OS. Such as Sfc /scannow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833 The same problem.
If possible, I recommend cleaning your OS and reinstall VS to check the result.
And as I know recently some Windows Updates caused any issues in VS2010. In order to check whether they can cause your issue, please uninstall related updates such as KB2898869 if you have them to check whether it can help:
http://visualstudioextensions.vlasovstudio.com/2014/02/13/visual-studio-2010-macros-stop-working-after-february-2014-windows-update/
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@Crystal Zhu
I checked and THOROUGHLY read the link about fixing a corrupt user profile and it fixed my VS 2013 problem, however, I cannot seem to copy any of my data from my first (corrupt) profile to my second and fresh user profile. I have also tried another way of
doing this but I get the same outcome.
It seems as if, when I select all my files in the C:\Users\My Profile section, it will copy to clipboard yet, it says it can paste but when I attempt to paste, it does not let me, or at least does not seem to be pasting. Nothing changes or occurs. Could
this be a win 8.1 security feature? (Windows 8.1 is my current running OS). Please answer or quote with help.
-Thanks, Whutchison
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