Lightroom 3 wiping all my presets

I purchased Lightroom 3 as a download last year, and I've had constant issues with it ever since. Problems include the following:
-On startup, it says my camera profiles are missing, and to reinstall Lightroom to fix the issue. Of course, reinstalling Lightroom does nothing.
-It deletes all my presets - metadata presets, stored watermarks, developing presets, and export settings. There seems to be no trigger or particular frequency for this.
-Every 30 days, it says that my trial of Lightroom has expired, and to enter my serial number to continue. When I enter my serial number, it gives me the same message again in another 30 days. This has continued to happen even after uninstalling Lightroom, reinstalling, and entering my serial number immediately.
I'm getting more and more frustrated, and the previous solution I've been given ("Try reinstalling the program") has fixed nothing. Sure, it still works, but every time I have to re-enter all my presets, I get a little more annoyed. I'm about to snap here - what can I do?

Try this:
Check if in Preferences / Presets tab the box <Store presets with catalog> is checked. If it is your presets are not stored in the default location, where Lr looks for presets but next to the catalog.
Uncheck the box.
Also, read Victoria Bamptons posts in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4885942#4885942

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