Laptop 'hanging' when trying to change background picture

Hi
I've tried to change the background picture under system preferences - desktop/screensavers. When I tried to select a picture from my iphoto-folders the system hung and won't come back at all until I shot it down with the on/off button. I wasn't even able to do a forced quit...
Did somebody encounter this as well?
It actually worked fine again after a restart, but still I think this a strange behaviour.
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

If I can jump in here, Jason is asking about background applications of which there are several always running. You can check this by opening Activity Monitor (in Applications> Utilities).
Changing pictures is affected by a number of other applications, including (oddly) the Dock.
When you selected the picture, was it in one of the Original or Modified folders? Try copying the picture and moving it to a separate folder in the Pictures folder and selecting it again.

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