Word of the Day Screensaver locks up MBP

Hi,
I am pretty sure it is limited to this screen saver, but when i leave my MBP for a few hours, I will come back to the Word of The Day screensaver (which is great btw) that appears to be frozen.
Mouse and keyboard are unresponsive, and the only way to get out is by holding down the power button for 10 seconds.
How do I fix this ?
I did the archive and install of Leopard from 10.4.10.

I haven't tried the wotd saver for that long - I turned it on, the word came up and it was "Documents" so I turned it off.... lol

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