Small problem after reverting to Tiger from Leopard

I reverted to Tiger today from Leopard (did an archive and install), and everything is working fine, except the following unrelated issues:
1. In the Mail preferences dialog, I can only see the accounts pane. That is, none of the icons appear across the top of the window (i.e. Junk settings, filter settings, etc.), thereby preventing me from changing any settings other than accounts. Weird. In fact, the actual space where those icons go isn't even there -- the dialog box is actually titled "Accounts", even though I got there by selecting "Preferences from the menu".
2. When I go to the iChat menu in the menubar (the balloon icon) and select "buddy list", nothing happens. I have to first open iChat by clicking it in the dock in order to see my buddy list.
Anybody have any suggestions as to what might fix these minor issues?

figured it out........looks like parts of ichat were referencing the leopard version of ichat i still had in my archived directory. I deleted the leopard version of ichat, and all is good.

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Install left problems HOW CAN I GET BACK TO TIGER FROM LEOPARD?

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2. Check the volume setting in the Sound control panel.
3. Verify no external speakers or headphones are plugged in.
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