JPEG Image Quality problem

Until yesterday, when saving an image as a JPEG I would click "Save As", select my folder and the Image Quality dialog box would pop up and I would then select 12/Maximum as the image quailty and hit "OK".  Thereafter, every time I saved an image, Photoshop applied the same settings as the previous save i.e., 12/Maximum was pre-selected and I would just hit OK and move to my next image. 
However, since yesterday Photoshop is no longer pre applying the last setting used and is defaulting to quality 8/High every time.  Si everytime I save, I am now having to slide the slider to 12 which is kind of interrupting my work flow.
I have tried delete my preferences settings in the hope that this glitch would be fixed by resetting the program, but the problem persists.
Has anyone experienced this and how can I fix it?
Thanks.

AFAIK jpeg quality settings are sticky per file, not globally (at least inside Photoshop, but that association may not transfer between applications).
So if the files are out of a camera they probably already have a quality level assigned, and Photoshop is honoring that. Try a low setting on a test file and see what happens when you resave that. It should be the same.
And...oh, never mind. You probably know already...cumulative quality loss and so on...

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