Energy Saver optimization settings missing in 10.5.8

I seem to have lost my optimization settings in the Energy Saver preference pane. I'm using a unibody MBP 13" running on 10.5.8, with Energy Saver version 4.4.3.. Does anybody else have this problem, and/or has anybody found a solution? Appreciate any help.

I'm my case there are NO options whatsoever for either battery or power adapter.
I have gone through the other posts and it seems to have been a problem in 10.5.6 that was resolved in 10.5.7, the difference being that the options were not available ONLY in the pull down menu at the menu bar but available in the System Preferences pane. What version of Energy Saver are you running? Mine is 4.4.3 as per the System Profiler. Is there any way to update this, if mine is not the latest version?

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That would be the simple logic. But, the scenario I mentioned is also a logical one. I have noticed that when I am watching a long Youtube video or an online movie from sites like Jaman, the screen would go off even though the system access is alive. At that time I have to scramble to the mouse/kbd to reactivate the display.
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