Finder Window won't open since 10.6.6 update

I recently did a software update on my Macbook Pro to get the App Store. It worked great for a day. Now my time & date, and battery life icons will not show up on the top right of the screen. Also I cannot open any Finder windows. I can still open applications with no problems as long as they are in the dock or a program that I used recently. Also the Software Update screen shuts down before it can detect any new updates. Ditto with any utilities that I try through System Preferences. I did a Virus Scan immediately after the Software Update with Virus Barrier and detected no problems. What's going on? I don't want to do a system wipe but I will if I have to.

If you try to try to create a new Finder window what exactly happens or doesn't happen? Do you get any errors or what? Do you have the Finder menu items along the top of the screen? Should say "Finder File Edit View Go Help".
If the "New Finder Window" doesn't work from the "File" menu, can you use the "Go" menu and click on "Utilities".
If you don't have the Finder menu, it has probably crashed. The easiest way to start it is to do an press the "Option" key and right-click on the Finder icon in the Dock (or Control-Option if you can't do a right-click) and then select the "Relaunch" item.
If you can't do any of this probably the next thing to try is restart the system - do this by clicking on the Apple in the top left corner and then click on the "Restart" item - make sure to exit out of all the running apps before doing this and saving any changed files if you need to.
Good luck ...
-Bob

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