Dashboard widgets disappear at launch

When my son launches Dashboard on his account, he gets a blank screen (no widgets). All the widgets we try to re-install from there startup correctly, then crash and disappear before content appears in them.
Any idea what is going on?
I have always had parental control on for his account, and it used to work fine (he's a big Dashboard fan).

RideauSkater wrote:
When my son launches Dashboard on his account, he gets a blank screen (no widgets). All the widgets we try to re-install from there startup correctly, then crash and disappear before content appears in them.
Any idea what is going on?
I have always had parental control on for his account, and it used to work fine (he's a big Dashboard fan).
I've got the same problem with my widgets but I don't have parental controls on any account. I've read and tried the suggestions above but they didn't help. Another thread mentioned turning "Fast user switching" off which i tried, but still no difference.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Wilton

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RideauSkater wrote:
When my son launches Dashboard on his account, he gets a blank screen (no widgets). All the widgets we try to re-install from there startup correctly, then crash and disappear before content appears in them.
Any idea what is going on?
I have always had parental control on for his account, and it used to work fine (he's a big Dashboard fan).
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Thanks
Wilton

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