10.4.9 removes Brightness Control from System Preferences?!

Has anyone else noticed that the Intel 10.4.9 update has removed Brightness Control from their System Prefs?!
maybe it's just mine... seems unlikely!!!

No, mine still has it. Perhaps it no longer thinks you can adjust the brightness. You may try the "standard" repair techniques to see if it will come back: Repair permissions, repair the disk (you must start up from installer DVD or use Safe Mode--which takes a while to boot because it is checking the disk), and then running the combo updater instead of Software Update.
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I'm afraid I don't follow you. Each component can be individually deleted. But as I said removing the preference pane (in any way) will not remove a driver located in the Extensions folder (if there's a driver involved.) Likewise removing a driver will not remove a preference pane. This is why you should use the uninstaller that comes with the software you are using (which you haven't mentioned.)
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