Cmd Opt Esc to "unlock" computer

I've noticed a pattern on my MacPro 1,1 where the beach ball will start spinning and only by pressing Cmd+Opt+Esc does it resume normal operation. This occurs regardless of which application I'm in, as it seems to be an OS-wide issue.
I don't select anything in the Force Quit dialog. Just by virtue of me accessing the FQ dialog does the beach ball disappear and normal OS/application operation resume.
Sorry, that's all the information I have, as I am not able to glean any specific action/activity that triggers the beach ball in the first place. I thought it was a Safari-specific issue, since that's the application I first noticed this behavior, but it also occurs in Chrome (and iTunes and iPhoto and so on).
I have perform Repair Permissions in Disk Utility, as well as run Rember memory test. Both pass with flying colors.
Anything else I should look into?
OSX 10.7.5 on MacPro 1,1 (14GB RAM)

PatrickL wrote:
I've noticed a pattern on my MacPro 1,1 where the beach ball will start spinning and only by pressing Cmd+Opt+Esc does it resume normal operation. This occurs regardless of which application I'm in, as it seems to be an OS-wide issue.
I don't select anything in the Force Quit dialog. Just by virtue of me accessing the FQ dialog does the beach ball disappear and normal OS/application operation resume.
Force Quit is an application, so it takes focus when it launches. If you move your mouse to a window that was exhibiting the SBBOD, the spinner should return. For those issues, see http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html.

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