Top menu bar disappears

The problem that I am having is after my mac sits idle for awhile it seems to freeze up. I can move the cursor with the mouse but if I attempt to open anything in the dock it doesn't respond. If I try to quit a program on the dock by holding down the mouse and press quit, the top menu bar disappears and I can't shutdown the computer unless I hold the power button in. This seems to be a relatively new problem, within the last couple of months. Anyone have the same problem and are there any solutions?

This seems to be a relatively new problem, *within the last couple of months.*
Please describe in detail all you have attempted to do in order to resolve the issue during those _last couple of months._ Don't want any of the users here duplicating things you have already tried.
How large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left?
Have you tried the following?
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run _*Repair Disk*_ from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select *Disk Utility.*
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click *First Aid.*
Click _*Repair Disk.*_
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.

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Message was edited by: MacBookin
Message was edited by: MacBookin

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