Finder locked

My MacPro seems to have launched only partly : I can't drag files in Finder, Copy/Paste doesn't work, many user settings seem to be lost (Fonts missing, no MobileMe sync, no recognition of USB dongle etc). Looks like my user account isn't addressed, a new test account behaves the same.
All help is greatly appreciated since I'm stuck.

Happy to hear it helped, and thanks for the star.
When posting a problem it’s a good idea to list what you have tried already. Perhaps it took a long time to get a response because you had so many different things going on and so many different ways to approach it that the other users who help here didn’t want to list them all and then explain how to do each, even though many have unbelievable patience.
Anyway, you’re up and running now, and that’s good news.

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or
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Message was edited by:
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tables:vbak.
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