Second user on 10.6.6 not responding correctly on all applications

I have a macbook pro, i7, 4GB RAM with two user accounts, both administrators.
While my account works completely fine, when we log on to my wife's account, either by swithing users or by its own, it is not responding well.
You open an application, let's say safari. It works fine for the first seconds an then, it sticks with the circular rainbow cursor and doesn't respond.
I kill the task, start anotherone, let's say angry birds, it loads the first streens and then, STUCKS again....
It starts responding if I press the volune buttons (???) but then it stops again.
The fact is that it is always responding if i press volume buttons, but it always sticks
The other user is just fine....
I tried recreating the user (deleted thorougly and then created again) but again the same problem
Any advice???

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