Nothing happens when I click on any Help pulldown menus

I have a G3 iMac and use a Seagate 160GB external hard drive. I've maxed out the memory on the iMac -- I only have 500Mb left. Yesterday, I noticed that none of the Help pulldown menus worked -- e.g., when I click on Mac Help or iPhoto help, nothing happens. Also, when I try to open iCal, nothing happens. Do I need to delete some files and create more room on the internal hard drive to open Mac Help and iCal?
Any advice would be appreciated.

Use Disk Utility to repair Permissions. You can find DU in Applications/Utilities.
Click on your hard drive name at left, then the "Repair Permissions" button at bottom right. It will take a few minutes. This is normal.
Run "Cron" maintenance scripts. This normally only happens between 3 and 5 AM, when the computer is powered on. But with help from Terminal they can be run anytime. (Terminal is also in the Utilities folder)
In Terminal: (TYPE) sudo periodic daily weekly monthly (PRESS ENTER)
You will be prompted for your admin password - you will not see the password as you type it. Press enter again. Cron scripts will take a couple of minutes to execute - be patient.
Use Terminal to Update Prebinding (Optimize the System)
(TYPE) sudo update_prebinding -root / - force (PRESS ENTER)
Enter your Admin password as above.
You should restart the iMac after running the above tasks.
If you feel uncomfortable using Terminal, go to
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx
and look for "Onyx" (freeware) or "Cocktail" (shareware) they do all the above, and a couple more things for you in a nice GUI package.

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