No, there's no such thing as a stripped down version of the OS. There are, however, Limited users, who are restricted in certain ways and can only run an administrator designated subset of applications. As far as the Google search field, go to View and check "Google Search." If System Preferences panes are missing, there is the possibility that they were deleted. You would really have to be more specific concerning those things if you want better explanations/suggestions. Btw, no one refers to the system software as p.9 - is that short for Panther 10.3.9?