Screen Saver in Leopard

I've just loaded Leopard and my screen saver will not activate. I can't get the hot corners to work either.

Same problem, in System Prefs, Desktop and Screen Saver/Screen saver -- "Can't load screen saver"...
Error: Can't load bundle
Error occurs when choosing any of the options under Picture and problem exists for all users on this computer. Am also experiencing error where I am unable to see photo in edit mode in iPhoto 7.1.1 -- don't know if the two issues are related.
Installation was Archive and Install.
Computer specs:
Model Name: Power Mac G4
Model Identifier: PowerMac3,4
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Processor Speed: 1 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
Chipset Model: ATY,Rage128Pro
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 16 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5046
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-72701-130
Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded

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Trash the com.apple.desktop.plist file.
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