Problems with Spaces and System Preferences

Hello all. I previously had setup my spaces so that when I opened certain apps, they would open in specific spaces (ex. Safari opened in upper left space, system preferences opened in lower right space etc.). I had spaces setup so that there were 9 spaces. Now somehow my spaces got reset so that I have only 4. Whenever I open system preferences, or even open spaces preferences to change it, it opens, but does not appear, and when I hit the spaces button, there it is, overlapping my spaces, but I cannot click on it to change the settings, only choose a space to go to.
Heres what it looks like when i hit the spaces button:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5122/picture1bw3.png

Hey guys i found a fix to this but its basically using System preferences blind, and toggling on and off the radio buttons for Expose and Spaces.
So to really understand my jumble of words to make you understand my weird train of thought. Its The Master & the Grasshopper Lesson on _'Believing without Seeing.'_
Young Apple Seed (aka Grasshopper), Just because one can not see what one is doing, does not mean one is doing nothing. This just means that the Mime is miming a mime action to a blind person.
So if you wish to not be the blind mad and the mime, do as it is written, and as you think. For one who goes down a path they choose they will sure be the Mime. And if you are, then you need an Mime EGO check.
_TO GET WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE_
1. If you don't already have SP (System Preferences) running then you will need to start the Application named SP.
2. When in SP, click on View | *Expose and Spaces*
+(If your here and saying how the bleep do I do this step. Then you need to Bleepity make sure that right next to the Apple Icon in the top left corner reads+ *System Preferences*, +Mr/Mrs/Ms Mime.)+
3. Press Tab +(ONE TIME)+
4. Press *Right --> Arrow* +(ONE TIME)+
*5. Press ⌘L +(ONE TIME)+
*6. Press ⌘[ +(ONE TIME)+
7. Press Tab
8. Press Tab
9. Press *Space Bar*
+(Now if you were doing each step while reading it on the screen then right after you did that last step like magic it appears.)+ The space bar toggled Enable or Disable Check box.
* These steps really should not be here but I noticed a bug that would make my steps not work correctly if these were not done. Usually when you press tab once in a 2 part option menu for SP its tabbed. And usually when you press the arrow key to go to the next tab, usually the focus is still on the tab for the next tab. But it doesn't and that isn't only on my system, its on many others i tried it on. So you Bug mashers or fixers this has been duped on several other systems that range from non-Intel, PowerMac, PowerPC, iMac, even non apple macs. but focus disappears and even if you pressed tab or the arrow keys nothing would happen and trust me you would be doing my steps over and over and then post something either on my profile that i'm a bleepity bleep bleep or something positive. But i'd like the positive comments, but hey if you want to leave me bleepity bleep bleep bleep bleep bleeps? Then i have one thing to say to you "BLEEP you!!"

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