IMac Locks up frequently

Guys,
since the last two days my iMac seems to have been locking up VERY frequently for a long-ish time (over aminute). Looking at permissions it seems it continuously reports display preference stuff. I repair them, run the utility again and get the exact same report as before the repair.
I don't use excessive resources, only google chrome and a VPN client since I'm in China. The latter should not be an issue as I have been doing this for over a year without problems. I know this isn't a description that will immediately lead to an answer that fixes my issues, but How can I find out what is causing these problems? I only know of the disk utility app that can help.

It's not heat related. the computer doesn't get any hotter than before. teh fan doesn't even come on. It does start up slowly. I recently moved about 50% of my harddrive to an external harddrive to see if space was the issue, but that has not improved anything. Here's what I get constantly. .
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/Dutch.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/Dutch.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/French.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/French.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/German.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/German.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/Italian.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/Italian.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/Japanese.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/Japanese.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/da.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/da.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/fi.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/fi.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/ko.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/ko.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/no.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/no.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/pl.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/pl.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/pt.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/pt.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/pt_PT.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/pt_PT.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/ru.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/ru.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/sv.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/sv.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/zh_CN.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/zh_CN.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/zh_TW.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be -rw-r--r-- ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/.Displays/V1/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resourc es/zh_TW.lproj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Displays.menu”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Displays.menu”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/MonitorPanels/Arrange.monitorPanel”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/MonitorPanels/Arrange.monitorPanel”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/MonitorPanels/Display.monitorPanel”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/MonitorPanels/Display.monitorPanel”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/MonitorPanels/Profile.monitorPanel”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/MonitorPanels/Profile.monitorPanel”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/pt_PT.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/pt_PT.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/pt.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/pt.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ru.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ru.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/no.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/no.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/fi.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/fi.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/da.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/da.lproj/D isplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lpro j/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Italian.lp roj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Italian.lp roj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/French.lpr oj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/French.lpr oj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/German.lpr oj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/German.lpr oj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Japanese.l proj/DisplaysPref.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
Repaired “System/Library/PreferencePanes/Displays.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Japanese.l proj/DisplaysPref.nib”
Permissions repair complete
I heard that's supposed to be "normal", but in the mean time it keeps locking up for a minute or so each time. plus or minus 30 seconds.

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    It's unsafe, and may be unlawful, to use a computer with software installed by a previous owner.
    1. If you don't own another Mac
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    b. If the machine shipped with OS X 10.6, you need the installation media that came with it: gray installation discs, or a USB flash drive for a MacBook Air. You should have received the media from the original owner, but if you didn't, order replacements from Apple. A retail disc, or the gray discs from another model, will not work.
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    c. If the machine shipped with OS X 10.7 or later, you don't need media. It should start up in Internet Recovery mode when you hold down the key combination option-command-R at the startup chime. Release the keys when you see a spinning globe.
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