I have no idea what is causing that on a Fresh New Install... You did reinstall gnome-control-center, yes?
One thing: In terminal, when you remove a package, it tells you what it is removing with it.
Be sure to check what it will remove for anything that shouldn't go.
I made a thread sometime back about some innocuous package I went to install, only to note that it wanted to remove the entire Zorin Desktop, with it.