Finder keeps returning file associations back to Preview / Quicktime

If you right click on a file, go to Get Info, there is a section that allows you to change the application that opens that file from now on. If you click the Change All button beneath it, it will then open all files of that particular format (e.g. JPG, GIF, AVI etc) in your newly chosen application.
I change all my picture files to open with Xee, and all my videos to open with VLC. However, for some reason my Mac returns the file associations back to Preview and Quicktime if I leave the computer on overnight or reboot. I tried fixing permissions but this hasn't solved the problem.
Any ideas? I only recently reinstalled Leopard but don't remember having this issue before.

do you use filevault? if not try rebuilding your launch services database.
run the following terminal command
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
then redo "change all" in a get info window and see if it sticks.

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