Widespread malfunction after latest system update

I installed the latest OS X update on my Mac Powerbook G4 17" a few hours ago and now all kinds of strange things are happening. One is that the machine is telling me I no longer have an airport card installed, which is absurd, since I was wirelessly networking as recently as this afternoon.
When I plug the USB cable from my printer in my laptop it no longer works, i.e. when I try to print something it says there's no printer there. I was printing without problems as recently as yesterday.
I can also no longer start World of Warcraft, which refuses to start, stating "unable to start 3D acceleration." Again, I was playing this without problems just yesterday.
The Mac help viewer is strangely sluggish, though I'm not 100% sure if there's something wrong here.
Right now I'd just like to rollback this update as I can't think of any other reason why so many problems would have suddenly appeared.
Powerbook G4 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Right now I'd just like to rollback this update…
Just reinstall the backup you made before installing the update. You did do that, didn't you?
…I can't think of any other reason why so many problems would have suddenly appeared.
Have you searched these forums for the specific problems? There are many which deal with your particular items and also many solutions.

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