How do I reset preferences in Windows 8?

Adjustments I make to images will not stick. I read that this might be because I need to rest my preferences. I can only find a lesson for how to do this for Windows 7 or XP. I have Windows 8 and the directions do not apply as the path does not lead to the folders I need.
Thanks

I'm using CS5.
I'm worried about deleting preferences by using the shift+Alt+Ctrl method because the tutorial lady said it can cause things like keyboard shortcuts to disappear too. I'm not sure if I need to delete preferences or not now.
So my problem is that I have illustrations, line drawings of artifacts, stone tools to be precise. The images look too light and I want to darken the lines. These images are saved as JPEG files. I tried using the brightness/contrast option inder image tab and in the preview it darkens and looks really good, but when I press ok to save the change it reverts back to the original image. I have made sure to make a duplicate copy of the layer and that the original is turned off, but still no luck. I don't really understand the difference between the different modes and channels but changing those did not make a difference. I did find since posting my question that if I try to make the adjustments on a TIF instead of JPEG then it works. So I've converting all of my files to TIF. Kind of tedious though.
Thanks for the reply.

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