Why does the window flash upon highlighting a link?

I spend a good amount of my time in half-window for firefox (Windows 7)
There is flashing on the sides of the window (glass) whenever I highlight a link. That is a poor description. See the change in the pictures
not hovering over a link http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/havaack/1.png
hovering over a link http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/havaack/2.png
This may be a very small change, but when scrolling through many links it makes me feel as if there is another window behind my firefox that is requiring my attention.
Is there a way to disable this feature, maybe through the about: page? I don't think it's any of my add-ons as it still occurs when I disable them (but not in safe mode)

OK, so you have Aero enabled and I'm seeing your desktop picture behind the browser then.
The odd thing is though that your installation has the old style Firefox logo top left. On Windows 7 installations, that's supposed to be an oblong bar with an arrow on the right hand side of it. The new layout is supposed to look like this: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4.0_Windows_Theme_Mockups#Tabs-on-Top_-_.28Aero.29 Firefox logo]
Can you try this please. Go to '''Tools '''| '''Options '''| '''Advanced '''and in the General tab, remove the checkmark from "''Use Hardware Acceleration When Available''" and then click OK.

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