On programs using DirectX the images "smear"

[MiG3]

Hey,

I've had this problem for a while now. In games and such, usually in the menus, sprites will be smeared, like this:

I don't know much about directx or anything, but any help would be really appreciated.

MiG3

 

[Tarkus]

some specs would be helpful....

system, OS, etc

 

[MiG3]

Specs

Mk I don't know all that much about computers but here's what my system properties says:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+

1.99 Ghz, 480 MB of RAM

I have an eMachines, with Windows XP, and Directx's "dxdiag" tells me I have S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR.

MiG3