After installing lion, my computer switches constantly between dashboard and current screen

I installed lion this morning and my screen switches rapidly between the dashboard and current screen, initially i thought it was my mouse, but after changing mouse I still get this issue and when my computer has been out of use for a while, i have to "erase" the screen to get to my login, any ideas?

After restarting your computer, try booting into the "recovery HD" by holding down Option at startup and try re-installing Lion. I had the Same problem when I installed Lion but that fixed it.
Rember: back up your data first through time machine so you can restore to the backup once you get Lion reinstalled.

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Peter, thank you for responding. No, I am not referring to the initial start up. I downloaded Yosemite over a week ago and feel it is running very slow when switching websites. Also, I have experienced numerous hangups causing me to force quite much more than before.
I just cleared my Safari history (I am guessing that is what you meant by "clean the old internet-caches" and restarted Safari. I will see how it goes.
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McDonney11 wrote:
Haha. My appologies, I shall 'plug' my devices as oposed to 'popping' them infuture.
No worries, it was late, I was a little loopy and having a little fun while trying to help. You just keep poppin' away!
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In terms of battery life I cannot comment, I am yet to use the computer for a period of time on battery. I will report back when I do so, most likely in a day or so (if that).
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That is good for many people to know, so thank you.
I do hope Apple release updates and patches for Lion quite soon, it still has bugs in my mind.
I have no information on it, but I would bet on it.
Thanks for all of your help tjk, your a star!
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