Lost all preferences after isync

urgent.. need help. I purchased a MBP laptop and synced w/ .mac successfully. Then I synced my iMac flat panel and lost all my user preferences (dock, home folder, pictures, everything) as if i created a new user account. Last resort, please help.
Rycker

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
This isn't an iSync issue, it's one involving .Mac Sync. You will find a forum for that technology located here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957

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