Spotlight makes my desktop disappear !! 10.4.11

Hello
I have not upgraded to Leopard, but have been updating to the most recent 10.4.x
I Only use Spotlight to find things when desperate (Cause it always finds things that I haven't asked it to look for)
LAst night I inserted a cd (data disk) and used spotlight to find a file ... searching searching, then all the icons on my desktop disappeared and the finder window disappeared too.
Now i have a really nice clean desktop, no icons. then they appeared after a few seconds of clicking around.
Then I try a dvd data disk, searching for the same file ....searching searching message, and Poof!! all gone again. I click on the desktop, and here and there an icon shows where I click, but nothing comes back completely.
Restart the computer
Disk utility: Verify Disk (Hard drive) ... no problems found. Verify Permissions ... no problems found.
Anyone else having these problems with spotlight?
Thank you
EB

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