Ick, sadly, you'll need to go back and do an Archive and Install from your 10.4 CD/DVD, then download the 10.4.8 update (which you should be able to find somewhere) -- but I'd try troubleshooting first: set up a new account, see if issue prevails, "repair permissions" as that's the magical incantation for OS X (it does nothing more than "Rebuild Desktop" did in OS 9, but, hey, sometimes that worked as well!)
Hope that helps a little, you should get better info from others here.