Icons disappear, windows close

My machine is giving me hassle today......when I open a window (any window)
after 5 secs or so it just closes itself out and disappears. Also icons on
desktop keep disappearing for 5 or 6 seconds and then they appear again.
Something is wrong.
Also, while typing text (eg in this e-mail and/or word after a couple of
lines it stops typing and all I typed goes
Very unusual.
I've checked all cables to make sure they are all attached.
Tried to run a diagnosis with extensions off nothing seemed wrong....but
problem remains unsolved. Have re-started the machine few times also.
Any hints would be much appreciated.

Sorted, Stuffit AVR.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1873700&tstart=0

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