Missing Settings and Apps

hey guys
sorry if this has been answeared before but....
when i turned on my laptop this morning i noticed that all of my preference had been altered. im also noticing that im missing several programs such as Visage, two of the dashboard widgets that i downloaded (preferences have been reset) and a screensaver and a icon generator. When i opened Safari all of my bookmarks except 5 of them had been deleated. I havent been messing with anything except downloading the icon generator and the only thing i erased were some game aliases that i didnt need.
im hoping this is not a hardware problem or a virus. If you can shed any light on this it would be appreciated. Thanx in advance...
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi, J.
1. Is your Home folder protected with FileVault? If so, try the instructions in "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: FileVault - How to verify or repair a home directory image."
2. Did you attempt to rename your Home folder? If so, see "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 or later: Return to default desktop, apparent 'loss' of home directory."
3. Are you still the Owner, with Access of Read & Write of your Home Folder, Home > Library folder, and folders within your Home > Library folder, such as Home > Library > Preferences? Check the Details sub-panel of the Ownership & Permissions panel of the Get Info window of those folders. Note that Repair Disk Permissions will not correct such permission issues in your Home folder.
4. As a general checkup, I suggest you run the procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
PS: You may want to get the broken Shift and apostrophe (') keys fixed on your keyboard. Text in all lower case is harder to read than text in proper mixed case.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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