Bad managed preferences that won't go away

On one client machine, a deleted /Library/Managed Preferences/ folder keeps coming back, with incorrect user preferences, although:
- I have unbound, rebound and unbound the machine from the server;
- The machine is currently unbound;
- I have repeatedly deleted the /Library/Managed Preferences/ folder
- I have deleted every mxc or managed plist from the user's preferences folder
- I have deleted the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mcx.manifests/ folder
What am I missing?
SL server and client.

It sounds like you have some managed preferences setup in Workgroup manager. Are you using a network user account?
Remember managed preferences can be defined by user, user group, computer or computer group.
The best way to check your preferences is to look at all those options that apply to the user and / or computer you are having problems with. Open workgroup manager and select the user, group, computer or computer group and then click on "Preferences" up the top. If there are any preferences that have been defined for that record then it should be indicated by an icon that looks like the mouse cursor with a greyish circle in the background. Clear any unwanted preferences and try again.
The ~/Library/Managed Preferences/ folder will regenerate itself when you login. This is why deleting this doesn't do anything.
If this doesn't solve your problem, can you please be more specific about what preferences that you are having problems with. What is or isn't happening that you do or don't want to happen?
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