Rustproofkitten

everything i have is as up to date as it can be.

No violations anywhere there.

For the past few weeks I've noticed my start menu and taskbar start hiding things from me. Restarting windows explorer fixes it but I don't want to have to restart it 5 times a day. I have tried to make this happen on purpose but cant seem to find anything that causes it to happen, i'll just happen seemingly out of nowhere. I tried doing the google investigation but i cant find anyone else who's had or solved this issue. Anyone have any ideas? In the screencap you can see the names of programs but no icons, sometimes almost the entire start menu is blank, not even text, it just has the headings like "Most Used" "life at a glance" etc.

Having some issues with my system as of lately. I've been using the system with no issues until I put in another graphics card. (Two 780's in SLI) and have noticed my computer shutting itself off. I've never seen it happen but several times I've come into my room and seen everything off even though it shouldn't and never did on it's own before. I've tried removing the second card, removing both cards and using integrated graphics, swapping sticks of ram, and made sure all power connections were seated properly. I've tried switching between bios' and clearing c-mos and still nothing. Everything in the computer looks to be working, all fans and leds light up properly. Specs for my pc are msi Big Bang z77 i5 2500k mish mash of ram sticks (which is why ram was of the first things I tried but even single dimms won't work) 2x 780's in SLI 256gb Samsung evo 2tb Seagate barracuda Corair HX850i 6 corsair fans on a custom ek loop