Icons on desktop and selections on all menus changed to AAAAAAAA

If I click on the icons the correct name of the file appears, but if I click anywhere else on the desktop the AAAAA's reappear. All of the desktop icons do this. The number of A's varies with each desktop icon. Also, all of the choices on the menu bar across the top of the screen have changed to AAAAAA. The selection choices for the items all have AAAAA. If I use the restore software cd as the start up disk, the menu bar is normal. I have done disk repair, still have the problem.
The programs and files all work correctly.
Any ideas?

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