Can't move ANY documents or folders in the Finder!

Please help...
I have 10.5.1, luckily, when logged in as myself as a user the computer operates normally, when logged in as my wife she (or I) cannot move any document or folder ANYWHERE not on the desktop, from a flash drive, from any folder... I even created a 3rd user (all are listed as admins) and right from the start- I can't move files using that user either!
Doesn't matter if I use trackpad or the mouse. I already ran the disk utility to fix permissions. Any other ideas?

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