I would think this is cause by a corrupt file during the install or a bad read from the hard drive while the system was indexing you files
run cmd.exe as a admin use the system file checker to confirm core os files are ok
sfc.exe /scannow
if that is ok then I would schedule a full chkdsk for your drive(s)
chkdsk /f /r
reboot and have it mark any bad/weak sectors as bad. (windows 8 will run in the background, windows 7 will make you wait)
if you find corruption you want to determine its cause. often on a new install of the OS you will find corrupted files do to a bad image or corruption of the copy as it is transfered. (updated drivers often fix this but the original file is still corrupted and must be repaired via SFC.exe or dism.exe commands)