Finder/Help Blank, Jumpy or Missing on Intel iMac Core Duo

I'm trying to access the 'help' menu in the finder. I get a variety of problems but generally the help menu is blank or does a merry dance whenever I try and use it. In particular, the second item on the help menu is the offending one "...Work, Play .... It appears to have a missing icon - which is replaced by a '?'.
I've tried most of the so-called solutions including an erase/reinstall but to no avail. They DO NOT HELP. This has been the case since day 1.
iMac 20" Intel Dual Core Mac OS X (10.4.5) Bought in darkest Africa
PS. Please do not delete/archive or mark as 'solved' until it really is. Thanks.

Mind if I try, Al?
Hi Spetsnaz, try this:
Navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/caches and delete this folder:
com.apple.helpui folder.
Try Help. Did that solve the problem? If not:
Navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences and delete the following files:
com.apple.help.plist
com.apple.helpui.plist
com.apple.helpviewer.plist
Log out and back in or restart.
Let us know.
I'm not sure about any Intel specific issues but this might help.
-mj
[email protected]

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