Error 199 and dead programs after multiple updates

Question

Yesterday I applied the 2-2007 security-for-Panther, java for 10.3, DST for Panther, and Office 2004 updates to my dual-boot G4 while booted into 10.3.9. (The G4 can also boot into 9.2.2...a good thing since there are programs requiring OS9 that I could not afford to upgrade.) I repaired permissions before and after each update, both for X and 9. As advised in MacFixit, I disconnected all FireWire peripherals before applying the security update. I ran TechTool Pro 4 and nothing wrong was found. Everything worked..Adobe programs opened properly, Office programs opened properly, Opera got me online as usual, I could still boot into 9.2.2, and everything seemed fine.
I was a happy camper until this morning when I booted into 9.2.2 and tried to open PageMaker 6.5.2 and PageMaker 7.1, both of which had been working fine. I also tried to open Acrobat 5.1, which was working just fine yesterday. Today, Acrobat 5 will open, but it thinks I am not registered. PM 6.5.2 and 7.1 will not open, instead saying there is an Error 199, which I looked up and found to mean "mapReadErr" which translates into "Map inconsistent with operation." Since this sounded a lot like the finder-bitmap problem TTPro found after the last set of updates, I ran the entire suite of tests, and then ran the volume structures test. No problems were found.
Still, I cannot open PM 6.5.2 or 7.1, and I'm stroking out because virtually all of my dtp projects require those programs. Each time I try, I get the error-199 message. PM 6.5.2 does nothing; 7.1 shows my name/reg number and some strange caret characters at the top of the splash screen, but will not open. It is though the Adobe Registry info or something has gotten lost in the multi-upgrade process.
To help someone diagnose my problem: These three programs were originally installed while booted into 10.2 (I think) onto the Hard Drive....they are not inside the X "Applications Folder" or the "OS9 Applications Folder." This never caused a problem before the updates. I never ran either PageMaker in X's "Classic" because so many newsgroup members always said PM never worked properly in "Classic." Instead, I always booted into 9.2.2 to run the PMs. Acrobat 5 would work booted into either system, and it did not activate "Classic" if I used it while booted into X.
Here I was thinking that I'd done all the updates and escaped the problems so many others are reporting. Any advice will be appreciated. I have not tried to reinstall PM 6.5.2 or 7.1, but I have the installation disks should that become necessary. I do have a pre-update Retrospect backup that I can use for a Complete Restore if all else fails.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give. Perhaps if the PMs and Acrobat 5 had been installed while booted into 9.2.2 in the first place things would be okay today. When I first got the G4, I did not know about true-9, Classic, and X, as relates to UNIX, so what's why I just installed the PMs and Acrobat 5.1 straight onto the hard drive.
Dual-boot G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   PB 1400, PM 7600, PLW NTR, LW 360

Answer 1

Before I answer your questions, there is one more thing I just remembered doing: For the first time ever, I rebuilt the Classic desktop from within the 10.3.9 System Preferences panel, and I can't remember if this was before or after the two PageMakers died.
Now to answer your questions:
-I did download the Panther updates separately, and I repaired permissions before and after applying each. They were the ones for Panther, not Tiger.
-I don't think there really is an X version of PageMaker, only the fact that PM will open in X's Classic. PM newsgroupers always advise not doing it that way, but rather by booting first in to 9.2.2 in fact, they tend to recommend keeping/buying an older Mac that will boot into 9 for folks who don't want to switch to Adobe's InDesign, which replaced PM in their product lineup. Had never read that multiple PM versions were not good; newsgroupers had led me to believe otherwise, but if I end up reinstalling PM, it will be only 7, and 6.5.2 can be retired. Two or three years ago when this dual-boot came from MacConnection, 9.2.2 and 10.2 were installed already, in one partition, and I never messed with that.
-I have never "moved" any X applications outside of the X Application Folder, or renamed any OSX files...too paranoid and ignorant about UNIX to do that. I think I just installed the two PMs onto "Hard Drive" since that's what came up when the installer program asked me where to install. I think I was booted into OS10.2 at the time, but I could have been booted into 9.2.2.
Thanks in advance for continuing to help me tackle this...I really do need to get this straightened out as quickly as possible.
Did you download the updaters separately or did you
use Software Update? If the former are you sure you
downloaded the versions for Panther and not the
versions for Tiger?
Are you also aware that Adobe specifically recommends
you not have more than one version of PageMaker
installed? This extends both to multiple versions
for OS X or OS 9 and OS X versions on the same
volume. Specifically they say only install one
version (either OS 9 or OS X) unless you put OS 9 on
a separate partition (not the same volume as OS X.)
I don't know if you have also moved OS X applications
outside of the Applications folder, but if you move
or rename any OS X files then they will not be
properly updated when software updates are installed.