Keyboard, trackpad, mouse settings got lost after every log out

Hi,
The system does not remember several settings of my keybord, trackpad and mouse such as speed settings, function key settings. I have tried all possible solutions found on web inlucding, delete plist files, fix hard disk permissions etc. This only happens in one user account, if I create new user, all settings got remembered just fine. So I am pretty sure it's software issue. Any suggestions? Thank you.
p.s. I don't have any 3rd party setting software installed.

This only happens in one user account, if I create new user, all settings got remembered just fine. So I am pretty sure it's software issue.
As Topher was getting at, this is an issue with your global preferences property list, which is corrupted on your account.
All I would add to his suggestion, would be simply to reboot your computer after running his command. Log out and reboot. This will rebuild ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist.
Adjust the settings, and test by logging out and then back in to see if this resolves your problem.

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