Mission Control stops working after sleep

Since upgrading to Mountain Lion when waking from sleep Mission Control no longer works. It doesn't crash, it just decides not to run, I can't access it by finger commands or from applications, I have to restart the computer for it to work again. How should I fix it?

Mine is doing the same thing. I've been fixing it by opening up terminal and typing "killall Dock"

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> [email protected]
>
> >
> > The login script is running wsreg32.exe with the /s parameter
> > pointing to the server servicing the import services.
>
> Is there a reason you are using this?
> instead of DNS, hosts, or registry?
>
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>
> --
> Jared L Jennings, CNE
> Novell Support Forums SysOp.
> http://support.novell.com/forums/faq_nntp.html
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