Help with spinning beach ball when I try to open users/accounts in system prefs...I'm using Lion (which I hate) and I need to get into users to change my daughters forgotten password.

Opening system prefs is fine...when I click on users/accounts, the spinning ball appears and eventually system prefs just closes itself down.
I've also had a lot of ? Kernel panics....the grey see through screen slowly drops down, the multi language restart writing appears....I restart and it's just the same.
At the moment it feels like my mac is unusable...should I just uninstall lion and reinstall snow leopard?
So...system prefs help please and
Advice re whether or not to uninstall the annoying lion!
Thanks,
Nicki

Ok.....it makes no sense to me (no surprise there I bet).
The latest one looks like this....
Mon Aug 29 15:08:42 2011
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002b3126): trying to interlock destroyed mutex (0xffffff80121d52c0)
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff808f46bd20 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff808f46bda0 : 0xffffff80002b3126
0xffffff808f46bdb0 : 0xffffff7f818f12cc
0xffffff808f46bdd0 : 0xffffff7f818ef2db
0xffffff808f46be10 : 0xffffff800053a487
0xffffff808f46be50 : 0xffffff800057d5b2
0xffffff808f46bf10 : 0xffffff8000585ab8
0xffffff808f46bf60 : 0xffffff80005ca258
0xffffff808f46bfb0 : 0xffffff80002d7f59
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.kaspersky.kext.klif(2.1d5)[458E888B-C722-9BC1-926C-4B96147C29FA]@0xffffff7f 818ed000->0xffffff7f81913fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kav
Mac OS version:
11B26
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.1.0: Tue Jul 26 16:07:11 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.22.81~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: D52AAB80-B2BC-3C6E-BBEA-78BD28064998
System model name: iMac10,1 (Mac-F2268CC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 121502919764
last loaded kext at 113385384312: com.kaspersky.kext.kimul.37    37 (addr 0xffffff7f8197d000, size 49152)
loaded kexts:
com.kaspersky.kext.kimul.37    37
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower    1.5.1
com.kaspersky.kext.klif    2.1.0d5
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch    66.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.4d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.59
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    122
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.24
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver    1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.40
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.0.8
com.apple.GeForce    7.0.4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros21    430.14.9
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.1.9
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40    500.55.5
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.0b2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    3.0.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    309
com.apple.BootCache    32
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.0.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.1.8
com.apple.nvenet    2.0.17
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI    4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    166.0.0
com.apple.security.quarantine    1
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    3.0.30
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    166.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard    152.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    152.3
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    2.5f17
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver    220.62
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    2.5f17
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    80.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController    1.0.0d5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver    2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.0.8
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.3
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    7.0.4
com.apple.NVDAResman    7.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.1.1f12
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.1.1f12
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    400.40
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.1d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    4.7.0b2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.3
com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.5f17
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.5f17
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    2.5f17
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    13
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    3.0.0
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com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    4.4.0
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    403
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.4.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    4.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    4.4.0
com.apple.driver.NVSMU    2.2.9
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.7.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
com.apple.security.sandbox    165
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    326
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.4
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
Good luck!!!
Nicki

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