Need Solution to Program getting stuck on hand tool

Occasionally the curser becomes stuck on the hand or move tool.  I can click on other tools but they do not respond.  The system is not completley
frozen, just the curser/tool.  The only way to fix it so far is to restart the computer.  Plus it is happening more often now.
I really need a solution since I fear I am spending more time. Restarting computer than actual work!

Not a reply to your problem but coincidently, starting yesterday, I experienced the same problem. I am using CS4, have a iMac10.6.8, and the icon tool is the eraser (not the hand tool) that comes up. The only good thing is that it lets you save (unlike a true freeze) before you have to quit the application and re-start. The file I am working on is 1.56G and it has taken over 10 hours to try and merge layers together to bring the size down to its present 1.06G size. The "freeze" happens every 5-10 minutes.

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