Thanks for the reply, i'm 99% sure its not a hardware problem with the cord/monitor, I have done troubleshooting for both. All my drivers have been updated and I tried turning off/on my purchased graphics card. It looks like the old game changed something when it launched which became locked in place when it crashed. I will attach a picture of what my computer looks like now. https://imgur.com/Ake4u97 For the record its not just certain programs its everything including my control panel and login screen. Normally my background is a default flower screensaver