MBP 2.2 and The Disappearing Act

So recently ive been noticing when trying to use Dashboard on a standard account of my MBP the widgets all disappear and when trying to re add them they pop up for a split second and disappear.
ive tried accessing them under anew account and the main admin account and they seem to work fine.
this is shared with 2 people, as its the main home/work/misc computer, and ive repaired permissions on that user/drive etc and is really peculiar
the system is running 10.4.10 and hasnt shown any other issues before. so im not sure what it could be.
any input or advice
Btw im not using a second or external display or any other peripherals other then the poweradapter and occasionally a mouse.
the widgets i have are usually the 4 basic default plus stickies and airline flights...all disappear and upon trying to readd them they disappear.
thanks!
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the issue occured again, same user account.
is there a file or preference i need to fix to regain it from always disappearing?
the system is running 10.4.10 and only happens on one user account.
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