Files not displaying on desktop but visible in Spotlight

Hi,
Im running OS X 10.4.7 with all of the latest updates installed. I have this problem where I save files to my desktop but they do not come up. When I search for them in spotlight, they are found and listed as being on the desktop. When I then drag them to the desktop, they appear. Also, when I put files in the trash, I try to delete them and the trash makes the noise but the files remain in there. They dont seem to disappear until I restart my computer. I have tried repairing permissions a number of times but it doesnt mention any permissions as needing repair.
Help please? Im assuming this is a OSX bug but dont have it on any of my other macs.
All help appreciated,
Cj.
MacBook 2.0 Ghz 1 gig ram.   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Boot Camp 1.1 running WinXP SP2

I dont know what haxies are and am not running any themes. Just running standard Mac OS X.
I deleted the trash from the dock, heard the sound. The icon was still a full bin so I open the trash and saw the three files... when I then mouse clicked on the files, they disappeared and after doing the last one, the icon changed to empty bin. Similar thing happened when I dragged files from spotlight onto desktop, as soon as the files were above the desktop from the spotlight screen, they appeared.

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