Can switch users form menu bar

for the last couple of days I have been getting a spinning beach ball when ever I move my mouse to the top left menu bar, which stops me from choosing any of the items on the right side, cant change user and so on.
I have never had this problem b4 so all help is good.
Jomala

George....ty I followed the advice, have some ?'s:
under maintenance whats the update database for, Locate, Whatis of Mac OS X, Whatis of X11R6, and LaunchServices database.
under cleaning: should I check the box on cookies or system logs or Archived logs, What is Hidden. DS_store Files( I see that in red when im on LimeWire)?
jomala
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