Dock keeps reseting to its default settings. How do I get it to stop doing that?

I've been having this problem since yesterday. Yesterday, I uninstalled Norton Internet Security ( http://amzn.to/1CtjQYL ) so I can install Norton Security ( http://amzn.to/1Bu79rG ) for my MacBook Pro (15 inch, Mid 2012, Non-Retina, Runs on OS X 10.8.5). After I uninstalled Norton IS, I was prompted to reset my machine and reset it I did. After I turned it back on, I noticed that the dock was set back to its original settings. The dock was not on the left side of the screen at all. (That's my preferred dock position.) Instead, it was moved to the bottom of the screen. Not only that, all of the app icons that were not originally in the dock have been removed. (i.e. TextEdit, Preview, Google Chrome, etc.) After I finished installing Norton Security, I had to manually restore the dock to my preferred settings. After the restoration, I was hoping that this problem would never occur again. Later I opened Norton Security to use the LiveUpdate feature and after I used that feature, I was prompted to reset my MBP. I did that and by the time it turned back on, the dock was set back to its original settings again. After I noticed that, I had to preform the manual restoration again. Later that night, I had to shut down my MBP and I was dreading that the dock problem would occur again by the time that I turn my MBP on. Earlier today, I turned it back on and the dock problem did occur again. Once again, I had to do the manual restoration.
I never had this problem from before. Has anyone has had this problem from before? Does anyone know how to fix this? How do I keep my customized dock setting intact every time I reset/turn on my MBP?

Try doing a Dock restart using the following Terminal command:
killall Dock
Log out/in and test. If that doesn’t work, you need to look in your user Library/Applications Support/Dock for the .db. Use the Finder “Go To Folder” command. Enter ~/Library/Applications Support/Dock. Move the .db to your desktop.
Then try a dock reset.
Applications/Utilities/Terminal enter the command
killall Dock
Log out/in test. If it works okay, delete the .db from the desktop.
If the Dock is the same, return the .db to where you got them from, overwriting the newer ones.

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