Permissions issues and more

So I've replaced my system hard drive hoping it would fix issues I've been having. I had 250 GB drive and I changed it out for a 2TB drive. I recently upgraded to SL 10.6.3. Sometime when I start up my HD starts indexing and everything becomes incredibly slow. Most programs will not open and now my machine freezes up. So I thought I have a failing HD, but I'm still having the same issues.
After installing a new HD I get this when repairing permissions:
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Group differs on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUAdvanced.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be 0, group is 80.
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUAdvanced.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
Repaired "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUAdvanced.nib/keyedobjects.nib".
Group differs on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUAssistant.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be 0, group is 80.
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUAssistant.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
Repaired "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUAssistant.nib/keyedobjects.nib".
Group differs on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUDocument.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be 0, group is 80.
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUDocument.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
Repaired "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUDocument.nib/keyedobjects.nib".
Group differs on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/pl.lproj/AAUDrives.nib/keyedobjects.nib", should be 0, group is 80.
And on and on.
I have two user logins. One has admin privileges and the other does not. Could this be an issue?
I also connect to a Facilis Shared File System via fiber channel which I have read and write permissions to. This mounts at start up. Maybe this is the issue?
Thanks for the help in advance!

you are having it sounds like the same problem(s) you had before with this.
Did you clean install? start from scratch? clone with SuperDuper? Run Disk Warrior?
Made sure that the Get Info for the destination system volume has "ignore ownership" not selected? it shouldn't be anyway with an install or internal hard drive.
Hopefully this is brand not a GREEN variety drive?
It is normal for some messages to show when running REPAIR PERMISSIONS and I'm not sure what you installed or why AirPort and others are listed.
If you continue to have problem keep eye on Memory tab in System Profile, and test your RAM with Rember/Memtest and AHT.

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