Recent Software Updates appear to have crashed OS X.4.11

Last night everyhting working fine, I opened iTunes and got the New Software is Available message. So I opened Software Update and did the iTunes, Quicktime and Security Updates listed. After the download the "Must restart Your Computer" message came up and I did a restart. No restart. It hung on the blue screen after the gray screen. Multiple times. Tried Safe Mode. Tried PRAM. Booted off the 10.4 retail CD. Repaired Permissions. Reparied Disc. Both twice. Same thing. Did an Archive and Install. Came back to life partly. However now many aps (Apple and 3rd party) will not open at all or crash immediately upon opening. System Preferences crashes when I try to tell the Screen Saver not to put the screen to sleep, as it crashes upon waking! Tried the Combo Update to get the computer back to 10.4.11 both via Software Update and as a stand alone download. The install of the upgrade crashes every time I try. I really want my steady, functional computer back, but I'm not sure if I should do a full install off of the 10.4 retail disc or continue to try piecemeal efforts. Everything's backed up, so that's not a problem. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hi Jim, and a warm welcome to the forums!
If everything is backed up for sure, and you Verified/Repaired the HD before and after every step, then perhaps try this, it's possibly a bad spot on the HD...
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the Erase tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase... after completion hopefully you'll be able to install.
after highlighting the drive, click on the Partition tab, Options button will be down below...

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