First serious prob w/Mac Pro -- errors galore

New to mac, got this a few months ago, using Final Cut Pro a fair amount, which was my impetus for getting it.
Earlier this week I went to http://www.brother-usa.com/ptouch/ and downloaded the mac version of the p-touch printer program, so I can run it (runs fine from my PCs). I installed, didn't seem to work, uninstalled.
Then the fun began. Suddenly other programs wouldn't open...dreamweaver, adobe acrobat, compressor in final cut pro, then final cut pro.
So I reinstalled these programs, not all worked, so I did my best to delete the original version, then reinstalled again, and each one seems to be working okay now, except for adobe having some probs (but after effects and photoshop cs2 never had problems and I haven't had to reinstall).
Anyhow, I feel like things are still off and not sure how to check, if there's a program I should be running. For example, when I look at
/user/library/preferences/
I see files like "DivX Decoder 6.0 Preferences" and "Roxio Toast Prefs" which under "kind" say they are "Microsoft Entourage preferences" -- and quite a number of the files in this library are listed as "Microsoft Entourage preferences" which I know is not right. I do have a microsoft office package installed, which all seems to run fine at the moment (though I can no longer print PDF files, which used to be an option...).
So is there some virus in here? Or something that has changed the "kind" for certain files so that they stop being correctly recognized and don't work right?
Would appreciate any advice or insight since, as I said, I'm a total newbie to mac and hardly know where to begin understanding my prob. Thanks.

Mac OS X - it is essential when installing software to launch Disk Utility and run Repair Permissions.
Command + I when you click on an item, bring up the "Open With..." and change it to the correct default.
Sounds like might need to update the Launch Services database or something.
I use Applejack and use to use Tiger Cache Cleaner to keep mac healthy, along with use of Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, and some bootable backups (no limit on how many drives can have a boot volume).
New to Mac? Try "Missing Manual" for OS X or look:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/resources/
And check out some of the tutorials and reports.
http://www.macfixit.com/ - excellent tutorials, troubleshooting
http://www.macintouch.com/ - lots of user feedback reports that are easy to search

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    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
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    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Source:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: mscorlib
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Message:
    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
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    Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
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    0x2544be18 : 0x6aee4a (0x553f8000 0x0 0x3ff96a27 0x3d87)
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    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.5)@0x69f000
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    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5e0000
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    CR2: 0x00004000, EBP: 0x25443c18, ESI: 0x23a4d578, EDI: 0x00004000
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    0x25443a18 : 0x1a429b (0x3d0e4c 0x1 0xe 0x3d0670)
    0x25443b28 : 0x19ada4 (0x25443b40 0x23a49578 0x1 0x4065004)
    0x25443c18 : 0x84b148 (0x23a49000 0x2 0x25443c48 0x713bbf)
    0x25443c38 : 0x8393d4 (0x25443ddc 0x0 0x25443c68 0x7116c2)
    0x25443d18 : 0x6ca33a (0x23a49000 0x25443daa 0x25443daa 0x84)
    0x25443d78 : 0x6be697 (0x3c61c00 0x25443daa 0x25443daa 0x84)
    0x25443df8 : 0x6a72e3 (0x3c61c00 0x2 0x25443e28 0x1e)
    0x25443e18 : 0x6aee4a (0x523e0000 0x0 0xfd8e30e2 0xc93)
    0x25443e78 : 0x546b55 (0x3c61c00 0x25443eac 0x2 0x1a26ce)
    0x25443ec8 : 0x54a1d0 (0x3a21e00 0x3 0xfcf5a332 0xc93)
    0x25443ee8 : 0x54bc8d (0x3a21e00 0x1917 0x4336be0 0x4336b20)
    0x25443f28 : 0x39c536 (0x3a21e00 0x3a40280 0x8 0x2)
    0x25443f78 : 0x13d7d9 (0x3a40280 0x3a39ff8 0x0 0x3303)
    0x25443fc8 : 0x19ac1c (0x0 0x0 0x19e0b5 0x5cb2144) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
    Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
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    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5e0000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.5)@0x69f000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.5)@0x6ba000
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.5)@0x6ba000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5e0000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.5)@0x69f000
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.5)@0x69f000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5e0000
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.4.10)@0x531000
    Kernel version:
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