MBP Late 2009 Freezing when switching from app to app (i.e. Safari to iTunes)

For the first time yesterday, my MBP Late 2009 started giving me the spinning color wheel for about 1-2 minutes when I would switch from application to application (Safari, to iTunes) So I held the power button to shut it down, and when I turned it back on it just stayed at the blue screen.  THen when I finally got it back on, my desktop background was gone and now I can't open my Microsoft Word, it automatically shuts down saying there was an error.  Please, any help would be GREAT!

jlewis7 wrote:
Tried it, and it wont work. Now my computer won't even shut down....any other solutions?
Have you tried force quitting the Finder?  Doing this will force your computer to restart.  If this works try -
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.
If the above does not work and you have Apple Care, call them.  Otherwise, take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP.  Whichever is more convenient for you.

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