More Safari & 10.4.7 problems

It seems to be going around.
Last Wednesday I upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.4.6. Shortly after I rebooted I did a “software update” and among the things installed was 10.4.7. Shortly after that, I found that Safari is virtually useless. I am here via Firefox.
I can’t get any jpg files, sometimes no gif, and evidently it’s not pulling down links either because half the time when I click buttons I get transported to various “not found” errors. As a matter of fact, the Safari activity window is littered with “not found”.
Safari is 2.0.4. I downloaded the 10.4.7 combo & reinstalled. I’m not having unsupported color conversion requests. The “libJPEG.dylib file” is the correct size. I repaired permissions. MIME settings are correct. I’m allowing images to open. in fact, I’m allowing anything to open; flash, pop-ups, java, etc. If I found it somewhere, it’s allowed.
I did send a bug report to Apple when it first happened and I couldn’t access my photos at Flickr, but that was before I realized how extensive the problem is.
This happens with any account with Safari. It does not happen with any account and Firefox. I never had any problems with Safari before this week.
Any other ideas, anyone, before I explode it off the dock and forget about it? I’ve been screwing with this for hours, I’ve rebooted over half a dozen times, I’m tired and I’m going to bed. See you tomorrow (or today?). Thanks.
dual 2.5 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

“Curiouser and curiouser, . . . “
OK. I fixed it. The non-functionality of Safari was a result of an old problem I’ve just been living with.
For some reason, my Safari cannot connect to the internet without “Earthlink Total Access”. ETA was bundled with the computer when I got it last year, and since I didn’t have an ISP, I went with the free trial and stayed with it for a few months. When I got DSL and canceled Earthlink, I still had to have ETA running for Safari to work, so I still had it launch at startup. I updated ETA, reset Safari, rebooted, and now apparently it’s working fine.
This problem (ETA) is for another thread, but I’m posting this here because someone else may have an interdependent conflict of which they may be unaware, and it may give them a possible track to pursue.
dual 2.5 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
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