Issues with some apps requiring administrative privileges after installing Mavericks

Hi everyone. After updating to Mavericks on my MacBook Pro, I have experienced the following inconveniences.
1) Dropbox keeps asking for my administrative password at every boot.
Quite annoying. Reinstalling the app didn't solve the issue. Instead, Finder integration seems now gone.
2) VirtualBox won't start.
The error message is "Effective UID is not root (euid=217 egid=20 uid=501 gid=20) (rc=-10). Please try reinstalling VirtualBox.".
Needless to say that uninstalling the app with the script and reinstalling it didn't solve anything.
3) XQuartz is also gone.
It keeps popping out with this error message: "The application X11 could not be opened. An error occurred while starting the X11 server: "Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running. Click Quit to quit X11. Click Report to see more details or send a report to Apple.".
If I hit "Quit", the message comes out after some seconds. I used XQuatz to run Inkscape, which I have now replaced with iDraw, but the issue is still annoying.
As far as I understand, the problem seems related with administrative privileges required by the apps. On my two other Macs (Mac Mini and iMac) things are fine, so I assume that somehow maybe some system files are messed up on the MBP. I ran a permission repair but it was useless. I searched the forums but it seems that nobody is experiencing the same troubles. I hope someone here may help me solve these issues without a fresh install. Any ideas?

I think this may now well be a keychains issue.
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544?viewlocale=en_US
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631?viewlocale=en_US
OS X Mavericks: Lock or unlock your keychain
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13823?viewlocale=en_US
Open Keychain Access, which is in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder.
From the Keychain Access menu, choose Preferences.
Click General, then click Reset My Default Keychain.
Authenticate with your account login password.
Quit Keychain Access.
Restart your computer.

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Step 1
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