Have 10.5-DON"T have Dock, KB controls, shut-down control etc. Help

After 10.5.2 crashed upon installation, I re-installed Leopard.
I now have lost the Dock, F-keys for display, sound etc, command-tab to go between programs, and the ability to shut down without just holding the power button.
I have tried the repair permissions route (no go) and now my Admin password stopped working.
Should I do the combo update to 2 or start all over with a complete format?
This is very frustrating.

ds store wrote:
Since…Apple is refusing to supply security updates for 10.6.8 and earlier,
Why are you saying that? AFAICT, SL is still being supported, Maybe not at the frequency level you'd prefer, but security updates are amongst the recent ones.

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ivanguy35 wrote:
I have reviewed all the topics here and nothing quite matches my problem.
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