Hello DenzDennis,
What do you search and what new page/blank do you mean?
Please take the following steps for troubleshooting:
1. Try to search for a file or program like calculator and check it displays normally.
2. Please create and log on as new account and then check if the issue still exists.
About create accounts, please take a look at the following article.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-hk/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-8
If the issue doesnt exists in the new account, we could refer to the following article to fix the corrupted profile.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-hk/windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=windows-7
This article is about Windows 7, and the Windows 8.1 is similar.
Best regards,
Fangzhou CHEN