It seems there is a problem that manifests itself in this way and it is caused by Skype, an IE plug in, Hotmail and Yahoo or perm any combination of Skype, those and a few others.
The cure, although not guaranteed to work on all systems is to download a fresh version of Skype. At least version 3.8. Uninstall the previous version of Skype. Reboot then install the latest version of Skype. during install the OPTIONS page will show, ensure ALL the options are UNCHECKED. once installed all should be well.
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