Pro book is acting strange..rainbow ball under cursor sticks and a bar code takes over ....have to force close

My pro book is actn strange......the cursor and rainbow ball sticks on screens and a bar code takes over...everything freezes and I have to force close but it seems to be happening more frequently and getting worse......can anyone help please..getting really worried

What do you mean by "a bar code takes over?"  If your cursor is degenerating into something that looks like a bar code, you have very serious problems.  Possibly hardware problems.  Try running Apple Hardware Test.  If that comes up with problems, contact Apple for service.  If not, it doesn't necessarily mean there aren't any hardware issues, but you'll need to move on to other possible cures.  Test in safe mode (hold down the shift key at startup) and in a different user account and report the results here.  If you continue having problems in both those situations, try reinstalling the system.

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