Fast switching problem

When I Fast Switch to new user, everything seems to work perfectly: the Users Desktop appears and I can click on Applications in the Dock, the Hard drive spins up and the little blue dot appears indicating that the Application has opened, but nothing appears on the Desk Top. I can use Apple=Tab short cut to move between Open Applications, but no Application Window ever appears. Also the Menu Bar across the top doesn't work properly: I can highlight Icons TimeMachine and see when the last Backup was done, nothing else. The only choice is to Hold the power button down until the system completely shutsdown and restart.
Any ideas?
Thank you
Damian

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