Need Help! went from Mac OS 10.3.9 to reinstall now at 10.3.3 Help!

I had Mac OS 10.3.9 installed and updated with the latest updates. First Safari went down --could not bring in a web site to save it's life! then slowly other things seemed buggy.
So I did the usual -dumped cache, history, backed up every thing. Then decided to reinstall from disc--10.3.3 OS.
Now all my Adobe and Macromedia software (all legal) will not start up do I have to re-install all software. Plus when I try to run System software Updates the machine says I can't connect to the net --but I can. I have a backup of all software updates I had downloaded earlier and it says I can't run them. Trying to update -stair step style starting with 10.3.4. Error says "You cannot install this software, on this Volume. This Volume does not meet the requirements for this update." What can I do? any suggestions? Thank you for help.
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 500 Mhz

First, welcome to the discussions.
There are several things to be aware of before updating your software, they are explained in this link.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607596
It is also highly recommended to follow some other suggestions as put forth in another of Gullivers links that also go in depth in the explination. It can be found below.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640&#607640
Hope this helps you sort out your problem.
Don

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