Backing up Personal Preferences

Recently bought the Curve (Verizon) and after reading these threads, decided to use Missing Sync to backup my information. It's been working great
Then...I had an IM icon that I could not remove from my handset. So...I did what was recommended and "wiped" the Curve
After that...I plugged it back in and used Missing Sync
Two things happened, which I'm hoping someone could address:
1. I noticed that my "personal preferences" (for lack of a better term) were not backed up. In other words, the way I had my icons organized, my ringer profiles, my Blackberry Messenger contcts, etc. Being a former Palm user...I am used to deleting all my info (the Treo crashed bi-monthly) and simply plugging it into the Palm Desktop and EVERYTHING was restored to MY settings. Can this be accomplished using Missing Sync....or any program for the Curve?
2. My "all day" appointments went from ONE day...to TWO days. Not sure how the iCal-to-Curve transfer got confused. Has that ever happened to anyone?
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