An Intriguing/Frustrating Problem

A week ago I somehow deleted my Utilities Folder. Using information garnered from this site, I downloaded Pacifist and successfuly restored all the items I needed except for the Disk Utility and System Profiler. When I try to open either of these two applications, I receive a message stating that they are damaged or incomplete. In addition, the icons for these apps are not correct. Both are indicated with an "A" in a box.
I can use both utilities when I access them from the Installation Disk. I have run both Apple's Repair and Tech Tool Pro 4. Neither of these programs indicate that I have a problem. I just downloaded the latest Seccurity Update and iTunes 6.04, and encoluntered no difficulties. My computer runs well, but I would like to be able to use my Disk Utility and System Profiler.
Please help me solve my conundrum. Thanks.
Bob
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You may be able to repair this with the 10.4.5 Stand Alone Combo Update.
This is a full install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before. It has worked well for many.
-mj
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