Preferences Pane Problem.. The pane opens as a small tab. (screenshots inc)

Hi
I'm having a problem with Safari preferences on my Samsung R519 laptop. I find the Apple Homepage a little slow and so wanted to change it to a lighter and quicker page but I can't seem to get to the preferences to change it..
The prefs pane opens as a tiny tab, in fact the red X close button is bigger than the main pane.. +See screenshot below.+
http://www.melville-vs-medway.webspace.virginmedia.com/safari-problem/safaripref s.jpg
I have so far uninstalled Safari and deleted all the Safari folders on the C drive under my user account and I'm the only account on the laptop. When I reinstalled Safari it was the same.
I tried to reset Safari and the reset pane was the same, opened as a small tab. +See screenshot below.+
http://www.melville-vs-medway.webspace.virginmedia.com/safari-problem/safari-res et.jpg
And also you can see on the screenshots i'm getting "localized string not found" it doesn't seem to affect the use of Safari as I'm here on the discussions board using it now to write this up.
Any help would be very much appreciated.

Hi...
I'm back and trying to scratch this itch today... Determined to get this fixed...
So Here's what I've done today..
Again all Safari Folders / Files deleted and Safari Un-installed again and then bin emptied..
I then restarted the laptop and created a NEW admin account and installed Safari with that account and it works fine.... Safari started up as a new user and the Pref's pane opened up properly just as before when I created the last NEW user account only this time I've installed Safari with this account.... Hoping that all will be well with my main user account on the laptop...
The NEW admin account with the Pref's pane open.. It works just fine with this account...
I shut down and restarted with my main account and found Safari and started it...
It Flashed the New User page and then went to apple.com..... I just knew what
was coming when I tried the Pref's pane...... having seen the new user window
flash very quickly and then Safari redirect to the apple homepage..
Here's the broken pref's pane again...
My next step will be to complete another delete Safari Files / Folders and un-install again, empty trash and then...... Defrag this laptop and load a couple of movies and hopefully overwrite any remnants of Safari and try again...
For now I'm having a "Walk-away Moment" before I fit this useless piece of in a very small box with the help of a hammer and post it off to Balmer..

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