Severe problems with System Preferences after updating to OS 10.8

After updating my MacBook Pro (2Ghz Intel Core i7) from MacOS 10.6.8 to 10.8 I have severe problems with accesing System Preferences.
For each of the topics (XXX) listed below, I get the following message, when selectiong the topic:
"To use the XXX preference pane, System preferences needs to quit and reopen"/OK/Cancel
After quiting and reopening the same message appears again...
Topics (XXX):
Desktop & Screen saver
Security & Privacy
Notification
iCloud
Mail, Contacs & Calendars
Date & Time
Software Update
Dictation & Speech
Startup Disk
After updating to Mac OS 10.8.1 the problem persist.... Any suggestions or fixes?
Best Regards
Carsten

1. Open Disk Utility and repair permissions
2. Open Finder, press Option key, select Go > Library, open Preferences folder and delete com.apple.systempreferences.plist
3. Go to System Preferences > Users and Groups, create an user and check if the issue appears
4. Backup the data and press Command and R keys in boot. Open Disk Utility, select the drive, erase it and install Mountain Lion. When Mountain Lion asks for the backup, only move your user files

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