Dashboard/Widget freeze~unresponsive

Yesterday morning the widgets quit working. I'd updated to 5.5 a couple days ago but don't know if it's related. Looked around here yesterday; I did update with the 5.5combo yesterday but no change.
When I first start up some of the widgets work for just a moment-the calendar gets the date and the weather widgets nail down their info but then nothing else. Some of them just stay blank.
I've run the utilities~repair Launch Services, Repair Permisssions, Scripts, etc.
No other issues~everything else cruising just fine~I guess if I knew how to read Console messages I could figure something out..

Hi again Mr:
Glad all is well!
Preference files (plist) sometimes (rare, but it happens) become corrupted. When that occurs, all sorts of strange behavior can result. After you deleted the preference files (both affect dashboard/widget behavior) and restarted, OS X automatically created new preference files with default values.
Deleting preference files does not always "fix" things, but it is easy to do and a more or less standard suggestion I make when people are having problems.
Barry

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Hi Frank, Welcome to Apple Discussions.
First thing I'd do is Run Repair Disk from your Tiger DVD or discs that shipped with your Mac.
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.) Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
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