Activity monitor is not showing any processes - why?

Hi there,
I have a new MBP which seems to get really hot for no reason. The CPU temperature is at 68-70°C constantly and I only have mail and firefox running. I opened the activity monitor to see what is taking so much effort and it is not showing me anything. Not a single process is listed. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help!
Claudia

Has this been the case since you bought the computer
or did it once work? Is the computer quite new?
Have you made any changes to the original installed
software such as updates, installation of
third-party software, etc.?
The computer is brand new (bought it in December) and I don't think it ever worked.
Here are two things you might try:
A. Boot into safe mode. Does Activity Monitor work?
Tried it, didn't work.
B. Create a new temporary user account. Log into
that account. Does Activity Monitor work?
Did that. The activity monitor wouldn't work in the test account either.
On the off chance your copy of Activity Monitor is
corrupted you can replace it with a fresh one as
follows:
Restoring Lost OS X
Files
If you erase or otherwise "lose" an OS X system
application or utility (such as Mail or Disk Utility,
for example) you can restore them without having to
reinstall OS X.
Download the shareware utility Pacifist.
Read the documentation. Use Pacifist to extract a
fresh copy of the missing application from the file
archives on your OS X Installer disc. The file
archives are usually found on the installer disc in
the /System/Installations/ folder.
After restoring the application you need to reinstall
the OS X Combo Updater for the version of OS X you
currently have installed. This assures the new copy
of the application is updated to the current
version.
Lastly, it's a good idea to repair permissions.
Well, I downloaded Pacifist and replaced activity monitor and that finally did it. Thank you so much for that suggestion. I spend nearly two hours on the phone with Apple support this morning and they gave up on it. The only useful thing they could contribute is that the problem was probably created when I migrated everything from my PB to the new MBP. Anyways, problem solved. Thank you thank you thank you!
Best wishes,
Claudia
MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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