Finder and the Dock keep freezing...

I've read through all the the threads i can handle on here, and i've also tried every trick i know to get things working right. i've trashed all my preferences, did disk repairs, tried the apple hardware test. No luck.
My problems include the finder freezing occasionally, mainly when trying to access files, but sometimes just in the background while i'm in other applications. i will notice the beach ball spinning when i hover over the desktop, but not in applications. its seems the finder freezes in the background sometimes, but also when trying to preview files, or juts moving from one directory to another. The dock often freezes, I have it in the pop up mode, where it auto hides, and sometimes it won't unhide, and then it won't magnify either.
i try to restart finder, and it won't relaunch.
i also sometimes notice that random things change sometimes, random things were missing from my dock at one point. it seems something is wrong with the finder and the dock.
One other bit of info, the other day, I randomly noticed that spotlight had stopped indexing files as i tried to search for something. it showed no results, i opened finder and went and found it myself. finder worked, but spotlight didnt at that moment. then i'm sure finder froze later on.
My problems so far have been somewhat relieved by trashing the preferences, but the dock just froze again, so i'm not sure what the deal is. i even made a new user and the same thing happened on that account.

I'm having the same problem with my G5 Dual Desktop. I've trashed the preference files multiple times and even installed the OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update. All of these actions have helped for a couple of days. However, the problem always returns. I'm running no beta version of any software and use mostly "standard" third party software like Photoshop Elements 4.0, Microsoft Office 2004, etc. I use some shareware programs such as iPDA, Cocktail, CheckBook, Audacity, Chax, Eyeglasses, etc. (However, all of these programs had been running for months before the problem began.) I run Cocktail and DiskWarrior every two weeks. I'm an experienced Mac user and I've used every trick I know. Yet, I can't get to the bottom of this one! When the problem occurs, it causes the machine to slow down when I use Finder. Yet, applications seem to run just fine. I have to use a forced quit to get it running again. I normally leave the machine on 24/7. Now I turn if off each night. This seems to help reduce the frequency of the problem.
G5 Dual 2.3; 2.0GB RAM; X850 XT; 20 Cinema; LaCie Ext. Drives (X4)   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

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