Menu Bar in Leopard - freezes for a time - inactive

Menu Bar in Leopard: I just went from Tiger to Leopard (after 13 months preparing!) and all went smoothly. I can print, scan, use internet, bank and lots more. Great!
But I notice that in the past 24 hours, now and then the menu bar in the FINDER or in ANY PROGRAM does not react. Within 30-60 seconds, it is active again -- and during that time I can use the DOCK, DragThing and change programs -- but none of the menu bar items are active when I mouse to them and click. I change programs a few times; then suddenly it's back--
REALLY STRANGE -- thought it was a memory thing at first as I was doing faces (18,000 photos) with iPhoto '09 - but no, not that as now it does it when not much running...
NEVER saw this with TIGER-- saw strange things with TIGER, but not this!
Any comments appreciated-- MacBook May 2006 (original white) - Core Duo, 2 ghz, 320 mb HD (new- works fine)--
Thanks,
Steve
Sunday 1 March 2009

As was mentioned in the former thread, software such as Drag Thing, if not updated for Leopard compatibility may cause this problem.

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