Macbook Pro Lion 10.7.5

I am at the Apple store right now.
I brought in my Macbook Pro with Lion 10.7.5, to be reformatted. It has been reformatted twice today by Apple Geniuses.
Problem: With a grey burlaped/textured styled screen background, not a cloudy glass background, I registerd the computer. Setting a password both times. But twice, 'System Preference' is opened and 'Sharing' is unlocked.
Question: Geniuses explained that System Preference is automatically opened by icloud; is this a true fact?
Question: Geniuses explained that Sharing is unlocked immediately upon registration because this is a default; is this a true fact?
The Genius G.C has read this and agrees it is true. I will now post.
Look forward to your thoughts.

Which firewall have you disabled? The Mac or the SBG901, you need to be careful disabling firewalls, sorry if you know all this but I do not want you open to problems.
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