IMac screensavers wakes up to frozen photo

Hi,
Impossible to get back to my desktop as the screensavers wakes up the screen to a static photo.
Important work still going on in the backgroun.
Is rebooting my only way out or is there anything I can do to get my desktop back to the finder?
Using OS 10.6 snow leopard with 24" iMac 4 GB.
Thanks

Hi Linc
So, another week of troubleshooting hasn't got me too far, except that now I've confirmed that this can happen with only one user logged in, although it seems to take a lot longer before it does.
Anyway, I did try to follow the steps in those discussions you referred me to, but the instructions re starting my iMac in Safe Mode don't work for me. What I mean by this is that the computer starts to reboot in Safe Mode but after the progress bar finishes, I am always presented with my usual login screen. In other words, I never get a black screen with a cursor, but my menubar does have 'Safe Mode' displayed in red text on it.
I have also tried the Command-S startup combination to force a restart in single user mode and entered in the commands as described in the discussions. This works okay, but doesn't resolve my original 'black screen' problem.
So here I am seeking other suggestions?
Any help is most appreciated!
Joe.

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