Cannot close applications in Leopard

Hello,
I installed Leopard yesterday coming from Tiger. I have a brand new Macbook. I just installed the upgrade (I guess as I installed the DVD that I received by clicking on "Install Leopard").
Since then I am unable to close any application, and the "Force to close" does not work either.
I tried to re-do the installation entirely from the beginning but the problem persists.
What can I do ?
Otherwise, can I come back to Tiger ? I have the system DVD with my MacBook.
Thx
F

Hi FabMacBook-
I think I can get you started.
This document tells you how to repair your startup disk: Testing and repairing your startup disk.
Use the Leopard disk to start up your Mac as opposed to the 10.4 disk.
Any major update of any system software, no matter the platform, will have significant growing pains, especially in the first few days.
Luck-
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