System crash

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Hi. My name's Callum and there's something wrong with my Ubuntu 8.10 system.
I think tinkered where I shouldn't have! Yes, I'm absolutely clueless about
these things.

This is the error message that pops up whenever I click on anything:

An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for
gconf-editor. Some of your configuration settings may not work properly.

Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you
need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due
to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: Server ping error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0)

I cannot open any application, folder or file. Is there a way to repair the
system without losing my data?

Thank you!

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Hi. My name's Callum and there's something wrong with my Ubuntu 8.1=
0 system. I think tinkered where I shouldn't have! Yes, I'm absolut=
ely clueless about these things.<br><br>This is the error message that pops=
 up whenever I click on anything:<br>
<br>An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for=
 gconf-editor. Some of your configuration settings may not work properly.<b=
r><br>Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that=
 you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS lock=
s due to a system crash. See <a href=3D"http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf=
/">http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/</a> for information. (Details -&nbs=
p; 1: Server ping error: IDL:<a href=3D"http://omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1=
.0">omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0</a>)<br>
<br>I cannot open any application, folder or file. Is there a way to repair=
 the system without losing my data?<br><br>Thank you!<br>

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