Lightroom freezing and acting up

Lightroom is constantly freezing. I've installed the latest updates, but it appears to continue to act up. It no longer shows where I've added brush strokes to my images. It also displays the picture's file name in big white letters at the top right of the image, which is just really annoying, mostly because I can't figure out how to get it off. The biggest problem is the freezing. It freezes so bad that I have to force my computer to shut down.
Can anyone help me fix lightroom, the brush issue and file name display issue?
Thank you
Oh, and the latest update I installed was lightroom 4.4. I also have a windows computer.

H will hide or unhide the "pins" for your brushing.
Letter I (eye) will cycle through different display options for the text in the corner of the photo (but on my computer its on the left, not on the right)
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