Screen saver files inaccessible

Ok. I've had this iMac for two weeks. Everything was working perfectly out of the box. I love Apple! Anyway. At some point in the last couple of days, my screen savers got nerfed. Not sure how. I initially had it set to "Word of the Day," and when it activated today, the only thing my screen saver displayed was the word "Quartz."
These are my screen saver options, now. All the original files are still in their folder under System:Library:Screen savers. My computer just doesn't seem to be able to access them anymore. Any ideas on how to fix this or what exactly is going on? I've tried adding the files with the "+" button, but since they aren't picture files, it's a no-go.
I have tried opening them directly through that Library folder. Depending on the file type, trying to open the files either: 1- opens the screen saver control panel under System Preferences, but the file itself does not open; or 2- opens Quicktime Player but again the file itself does not open.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Used to work, as in the past I added a batch of my own stuff to the Cosmos saver. As I recall I also edited some file that was there to list my additions (that might have been in Panther), Didn't see such a file in the Leopard Cosmos saver, so what I did was just rename my own astro photos to the same thing that was already there, then dragged my files into the Resources folder replacing what was there with mine. I just added some more, bringing my total up to "Cosmos18" and it still works fine. You'll probably want to repair permissions from Disk Utility afterwards.
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