Dashboard Widgets Disappearing

Here's my setup:
- I use the macbook pro standalone away from the office.
- At the office, I put the macbook in target disk mode, connect it to my G5, and use my home folder on the macbook as my home folder when I"m logged in to the G5.
Works great, except for one problem: Whenever I switch from one machine to the other, all my Dashboard widgets except for the calendar disappear.
Any suggestions on a fix or a workaround? Thanks!

The widgets you install yourself go into your home folder. If you copy your widgets from ~/Home/Library/Widgets to /Library/Widgets on your Hardrive all of your accounts will have those widgets and that should fix your problem

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Photog Dog wrote:
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