Can't run any Apple and system applications

Hi, all.
I need some help with my Snow Leopard install.
Have upgraded to Snow Leopard, haven't had any issues for a week or so. When updated some applications (third party), kept having to delete the old one to be able to copy the new version into the Applications folder.
Searched in Discussions and found this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9730326
After implementing these Terminal commands, I rebooted, and am now in serious trouble.
No system applications will start. This means System Preferences won't start, Console won't start, Mail.app, Safari, anything. The iWork apps and iPhoto seem to work. Everything else seems to work - Firefox will run, tried a couple of other ones and they'll start.
I can't run Terminal, either.
I can't run Disk Utility to fix permissions, but managed to run Drive Genius, which reported errors on several apps, such as
"Group differs on "Applications/iChat.app/Contents/Resources/myvc-audio-multiover.tif", should be 0, group is 80
Permissions differ on "Applications/iChat.app/Contents/Resources/myvc-audio-multiover.tif", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -rwxrwxr-x "
, and so on.
I don't have access to my Snow Leopard disc just now, as I am travelling. Is there a way I can fix this without the install disc (or doing Archive & Install).
I will be grateful for any help I can get.
Thanks.

Hi,
2 questions:
1- have you typed those commands as in the thread you posted?
2- which account are you using to log on?
Whatever you changed, it was not for the user that is logged in now.
Try logging in as admin. One thing I can tell is, that despite the message in the thread you linked, it is not restoring the defaults but rather flattening the file access to the directory.

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