Safari hangs, freezes, and then i have to force quit

coming up on on my computer's first week anniversary and i have issues. this is not a good sign. help me love my computer again.
so, i open safari (3.1.2) and everything is going well. then after a few minutes, i click on a link or type in a url and everything stops. the program looks like it is loading slowly, then the spinning beach ball shows up and ruins the party. i have to force quit, which takes a little longer than it normally should. sometimes, this freezing will cause other programs i have open to close as well (itunes, firefox, etc.). any ideas?
(p.s. : i tried posting the report, but i got an error message saying the report was too long to post. weird. otherwise, i would have included it.)

Hello,
If you only use the admin account, create another user account, log in to it and see if Safari functions properly. If it does, then the problem is isolated to your Home Folder.
Adding a new user account to your computer
You can create individual user ccounts for each person who uses your computer. Each new user has a separate home folder and can adjust his or her own preferences without affecting other users.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Accounts.
If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
Click Add + and type the user's name.
If you don't want to use the short name generated automatically, type a new short name. (Once the account is created, you won't be able to change the short name.)
Type the user's password in the Password and Verify boxes.
Type a hint to help the user remember the password if they have trouble remembering it at login.
Click Parental Controls and select options to determine what the user can do with the computer.
If you change your mind while you're creating a new user account, click Delete - to cancel.
Check your available drive space also. Select the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop then Command + I that will prompt the Get Info window. Where it says: General, click the black arrow so it faces down. You will see: Capacity & Available. Make sure your available drive space never falls below 15% of the total drive. If you haven't sufficient drive space, you need to copy files over to an external source and free up drive space.
Run Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permissions. Disk Utility is in your Applications/Utilities folder. Launch DU, select MacintoshHD 10.x.x in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab, then click Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished and reboot.
Get MacJanitor (if you haven't got a good disk utility). http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10491 run MacJanitor once a week.
Carolyn

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