Would be cool if you guys would share the solution publicly in case someone else runs into the same issue later?
Very sorry Tim and anyone else looking.
The start button kept flashing. What I found was some animation code in the Horizontial Taskbar/Background. Just has Denis take it out and all is fine now.
Loop=0
MouseEnterStartFrame=1
MouseOverStartFrame=1
MouseOverStopFrame=105
AnimTimerRate=20