Endless Cascading Windows on the Desktop

My almost six-year-old iBook may be showing the first signs of dementia. Yesterday I started her up and saw a half-dozen windows cascading on the desktop--they were all open to the "my home" screen. I closed each of the six windows, only to find six more underneath; I closed those to find--you guessed it--more underneath. I restarted the computer and found the series of windows again.
Except for this oddity, everything else seems to be working fine. I can open everything else on the desktop, I can open all my apps and docs. Is this some sort of bug that can be easily addressed, or is this a sign of impending doom?
iBook Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Hillory
Could be dementia, would you like me to open a window? No. OK but do you want to open a window? No, its alright.
Hillory, what is "my home", an application that you are using? It seems to be running automatically.
10.3.9 has no widgets.
Are you running Yahoo "pseudo" widgets?
What is in Account > Start Up items ? Something to do with the app' "My Home"
Deselect any application in there that you are not familiar with or haven't intended to be there.
Then Restart.
Plus:
Aspirin medication:
Run Repair Permissions in the application Disk Utility, which is found in Applications/Utilities.
Still demented? If so post back.
roam

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