How do i restore systems preferences to a mac osx 10.5.8

somehow my system pref..app has been removed from my mac..got a new printer and cannot install anything..any suggestions

Use Pacifist to extract it from your Mac OS X 10.5 DVD and then run the Mac OS X 10.5.8 combo updater.
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OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
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I want to install icloud on my iMac with IOS 10.6.8
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