Wallpaper Won't Change After Update to 10.5.8

My brand new MacBook Pro is having a problem. I am a total newbie, this is my first Mac ever.
I installed the update for Mac OSX 10.5.8 using the software update. After this, my desktop background is a plain blue screen. It will not change to any picture from the blue background screen. When I select a picture, it looks like it is applying the picture the background but the picture shown on the desktop does not change. Prior to the update, it was a picture I had taken.
Please help! I searched for answers, but I did not find anything. Please be detailed in your answers as I don't know this operating system yet.

Sounds like a hosed installation. Restore the bootable backup/clone you make of your system before installing the update. Don't have one? Then, restore your Time Machine backup. Don't have one of those either? Tsk, tsk. Get a bootable, external HD, and make a bootable backup/clone before updating. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall everything. Then, peruse these
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
and adopt the necessary habits to mitigate what happened to you.
On to your issue if you don't have any backup/clone to restore. Download and install the 10.5.8 COMBO update, repair permissions, and try resetting the Desktop picture (no wallpaper on Macs, that's a windoze thingy).
Once you sort out your issue, see these to get up to speed with Macs:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
Mac 101: Mac Essentials,
Anatomy of a Mac,
MacFixIt Tutorials,
MacTips, and
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist.
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides,
Take Control E-books, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

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