Both iPhoto and Mac Mail not working after most recent security update

Granted I wasn't there to see it happen but I think my mom's computer here is a bit fubar based on something having been changed on her computer prior to the last security update. My guess is that her friends who think they are 'helping' are actually causing some real problems but I'm here now so I'm just trying to fix it with what I can.
Essentially neither her mail or iPhoto seems to be working. I've found a similar error message in other posts but what throws me for a loop is that, when I use the console log and look at the crash files for both applications, they are both telling me the exact same thing. Could they both be pulling the same file for use? I've already run the disk repair stuff, changed the permissions on the file and just about everything else I could think of - do I need to reinstall the application or perhaps the entire operating system?
Link (dyld) error:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QuartzCompose r.framework/Versions/A/QuartzComposer
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Quartz
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QuartzCompose r.framework/Versions/A/QuartzComposer: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x6D 0x65 0x00 0x00 0x69 0x73 0x46 0x69

Hi, I think I need to update my profile because my computer definitely says it has 10.4.11
I managed to solve the stickies and TextEdit issues by removing Butler in the end.

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