Desktop icons off screen when removing second monitor

Hi there, well I have found a few bugs so far using Leopard so thought I should see if anyone else is getting them:
@ I use a second monitor, and if I remove the monitor, although the rest of the OS resizes to just the laptop, the desktop icons are nowhere to be seen.
@ My USB mouse doesn't work any more.
@ Although I prefer the way the connected servers now work, there is a problem in Finder, where I have to restart Finder to be able to see some connections.
Apart from that I am pretty happy with the speed improvements and there are less bugs for me than I had read about (although obviously as production software you would expect minimum bugs!).
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I have the exact same problem, MacBook Pro 15" 2.33 GHz and the same type of Apple display. I use the display at the office, disconnect, bring my PB home, and when I wake it up the PB acts like the display is till connected - no desktop icons visible (although strangely, it shows the Dock and the Finder Menu) until after I restart.
Clicking "detect displays" doesn't work, neither does clicking the highlighted configuration.
My daughter also has a problem with her MacBook and her Apple Cinema display, which has to be set as mirrored or it won't display anything, it somehow isn't detected the way it used to be. Why I mentioned this is because I never had this problem before, and neither did my daughter. It started quite recently, so I guess it is related to a system software update.
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Please disable HDMI sound to force audio back to the laptop or use different conection such as VGA or DVI. To diable HDMI sound, please right click speaker icon > playback devices > right click and disable HDMI sound.
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Hi,
Please right click a blank space on desktop then click View an setup similar to the following image:
Regards.
BH
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Barry

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