Finder flashes and disappears at top. Computer dead on only one account.

My iMac G4 (800 mhz) running the latest update/version of Tiger is suddenly acting up on one account only. On other accounts, no problem. On the problem account, the finder bar appears and disappears about every second. I can start to open applications (Word, Safari, etc.), but they close before fully opening. No recent changes to the computer and only safe internet surfing (to the best of my knowledge).
My 12-year-old son's homework program is on the account in turmoil. Help, please! Thank you...
iMac G4 800 mhz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

If you don't mind using the Terminal you can get into any account using super user commands. The slickest, and most dangerous way, is to kill Finder and relaunch it as root. The safest way is to launch Terminal from /Applications/Utilities. Next you want to go into the other user's Prefs folder, so type this and hit the Return key:
sudo -s
give your admin password, which is not echoed to the screen, and hit the Return key again. Your regular user name will be changed to root. You can now do whatever you please. Navigate to the other account's Prefs folder:
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hit the Return key, then type ls and hit Return to see a list of all the Preferences. Here's a sample of me accessing that folder in my test account (short name is revelator) and asking for a list of the files:
Tiger:~ francine$ sudo -s
Tiger:~ root# cd /Users/revelator/Library/Preferences
Tiger:/Users/revelator/Library/Preferences root# ls
From the list of files you can then copy of the name of what you want to remove and paste it in the remove command or type it:
Tiger:/Users/revelator/Library/Preferences root# rm com.apple.finder.plist
After you finish removing the files type
exit
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Francine
Francine
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