Major problems with interface

When I went to go on my computer this morning, I found everything to be non-working. Whenever I tried to type, no words came out (unless I restarted it and came upon the login screen). Whenever I click on a folder leading to another folder, it only takes one click to do it, where as normally it would take two. When i get to a folder with only files in it, it won't open. I don't know if it's because the apple key has been pressed down too hard or maybe it's because my brother logged onto his account and used Firefox for a few minutes, then logged out. It seems pretty serious. Can anyone help?
Imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Imac g5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

There is alot of troubleshooting you could do to try to resolve your issue, but doing an archive/install will only take about an hour, and is alot faster quick resolution then trying to troubleshoot extensively.
Insert your mac os x installation disc 1 that came with your unit. Shut down the computer, then restart while holding down the C key. This will boot to the installation disc. Follow the onscreen prompts until you get to the screen "select a destination". Once here, click on options then select archive/install and continue with installation. This will reinstall your mac os x system files but will not delete any of your information.

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