Security Update killed my mac??

Ok, I ran the update last night that was pushed down, which include a security update I believe. Afterwards, it took many times to get my Mac to even boot up and then Mail would not work, just kept closing and my sound for everything is gone.
I went thru the forums and resurrected my Mail, but my sound is still gone. I have tried all the basic stuff, like mute, power, check cords, etc.
Anyone run into this issue or just know how to fix it?
Please make my screen flash if you respond, since I won't hear you otherwise (gotta keep some humor right?)
Thanks in advance.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Thanks for the star
There's no harm in verifying the disk with Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities) or repairing permissions before doing the update, make sure you repair permissions after it though. Make sure you do the v1.1 Combo Update, here's the link:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410comboupdat ev11intel.html (presuming you're Intel)
What about System Preferences>Sound, anything in there that could be the problem?
Steve

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