Dock labels gone

I see that when I scroll over the icons in my dock, I can no longer see the label for each icon. I don't know if it was that way before, but I just recently upgraded to 10.5.8. Anyone???

Try this:
1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
2. Copy "killall Dock" (without the quotes) into Terminal
3. Press the return key.
Your dock will relaunch, and the problem will hopefully be fixed.
If that doesn't work, keep Terminal open, and type the following commands.
You'll want to note what's in your dock, as it will be reset to default.
1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
2. Copy "mv ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist ~/Desktop;mv ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.db ~/Desktop;killall Dock" (without the quotes) into the Terminal window
3. Press return.
Your dock will relaunch, and reset to default values, and your problem should be fixed.
Good luck!
P.S. When you're done, you can quit Terminal.
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