Screen slides to the right

Ever since I downloaded and installed Lion the screen at the flick of the mouse will move to the right exposing another desktop with widgets and other stuff. The only way to get back to my regular desktop is to click on the arrow at the lower right of this new unwanted screen. How do I stop this feature. Thank you in advance.

You have Dashboard set to show as a space, rather than as an overlay, which the OS treats as being a full-screen view. And, the two-finger swipe has been set to switch between full-screen apps.
This means that when you swipe the mouse with two fingers (which, as with all gestures, can happen accidentally) it switches the view from one space (e.g. Finder) to the other (Dashboard).
You can stop this from happening either or both of these two ways -
• In System Preferences > Mission Control uncheck the item "Show Dashboard as a space". If you make just this change, Doashboard will appear as an overlay (instead of in a separate space) when activated in the Dock, and the two-finger swipe will still be available when needed to switch from one full-screen app to another.
• In System Preferences > Mouse > More Gestures, uncheck the item "Swipe between full-screen apps". If you make just this change, Dashboard will still appear as a separate view (rather than as an overlay) but will not be switched to by a two-finger swipe gesture.

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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
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Machine Name:          iMac G5
Machine Model:          PowerMac8,2
CPU Type:          PowerPC G5 (3.1)
Number Of CPUs:          1
CPU Speed:          2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          512 KB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
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I hope someone can help me with this issue. I am about to start writing my thesis and my Mac is not working properly.
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