Passwords disappeared and will not "stick" after reentered

Hello - I've run into a strange issue that I have never encountered before with my stored passwords in multiple applications, my passwords have all disappeared and no matter how many times I re-enter them they will not stay, i keep having to re-enter them every time I alunch an application.
Apps so far that this have happened in are iChat, Adium, Dreamweaver, Transmit and Entourage.
Here's what happens:
1. Launch app. For example, I launch my Entourage, and it immediately tries to log into an email server to check email.
2. A dialog box come up asking for the password for the email account. E-mail account field is filled in, but the password has disappeared, and the checkbox for "save password" is deselected. This happens for any e-mail account, be it POP3, IMAP, gMail, Yahoo, any of my accounts.
3. A window pops up that says... "Keychain "login" cannot be found to store (email address)." Choice buttons offer either "cancel" or "Restore to Defaults" -- I choose "Restore".
4. Warning prompt comes up saying... "Are you sure you want to reset your keychain environment to the default?" -- I choose "Yes".
5. A window pop up asking for my login password, and says... "Please enter your login password. This password will be used to create your new keychain." -- I enter my login password.
I have to do this every time I launch an app that requires some sort of password access, and the passwords do not stay in the rebuilt keychain - they disappear once the app is quit and then re-launched. Even if my mac is not restarted but the app is quit and then re-launched, the passwords do not stay in the keychain.
Note: I am the only user on this Mac, and I do require a password to log-into the computer - I use the same password for login as I do for my keychain access.
Any ideas?

OK - here's where I am with this, any help anyone here could give me would be greatly appreciated.
I booted from my 10.4 install dvd and ran disk utilities on the volume, and it did find and repair some problems. Booted mack into the os and ran keychain repair, which found no errors. However - the problem STILL occours with passwords not staying in my apps and in the Finder.
This is occouring in these three applications:
- Dreamweaver
- Transmit (FTP/SFTP browser/posting app)
- Entourage
In the finder, this is happening when I try and mount server volumes - even though I tell Keychain to save my passwords, they are not saved.
I'm beginning to think that this is either a memory issue or maybe even the installed battery on the motherboard - I use my computer constantly, and it is on nearly 24 hours a day / 7 days a week. Or maybe I'm just looking for a reason to upgrade to an Intel PowerBook Pro?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you everyone!

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