10.6.5 breaks a lot of desktop widgets

Since installing 10.6.5 yesterday a lot of my widgets no longer work, including basic ones like Weather. It's like they can no longer reach the internet to update for some others will no longer even open.
Strange.

I've tested dashboard on my machine under 10.6.5 without issue, so I lean toward an oddity with your machine/installation.
As a test, create a separate user account and see if the problem is in that user as well.
If it does, than it is something in your system, most likely a problematic update. Try running it again. It's been a long time since I've needed to do it, but a second run of an updater used to fix oddities that might have occurred.
If it doesn't, then it is something in your user account, most likely a cache file of some sort. Use a cache cleaner to see if this is the case.. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/snowleopardcachecleaner.html
Jon Thompson
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