Widgets frozen in Dashboard

hello all,
Tiger has been running perfect on my iBook until the other day.. when for no apparent reason (I woke the comp. up from sleep, and it worked before setting it to sleep) Dashboard had stopped working properly.
Basically, all the widgest had frozen, in the sense that I couldn't move them, and they didn't load up. After much trying, I finally managed to remove all the widgets and then reinstate them again, but the "manage Widget" widget that pops up in the middle of the screen is stuck, not only that but there is two of them stuck.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do about this??
any help, much appreciated

is this the forbidden subject or something. I ask because I have noticed quite a few other posts asking similar questions and they never seem to get any replies. As that just because no one knows how to solve the problem or what?

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ok, my apologies......one I completely forgot about this, as it took so long to be answered.......2, I got no notification via e-mail that a response had been posted......3, I 'found an app for that' which was another reason I forgot about this thread......1st two reasons not exactly my fault for not responding.....this whole thread hasnt exactly helped....
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