MacBook Pro won't save any preferences - ANYWHERE

Ive been having a really hard time after a couple of weeks of using OSX 10.6.8 on a 2007 Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. It seems that the computer cannot save any 'preferences' of any program! For example it wont save any change on any browser. I open safari, i add a couple of bookmarks, browse a few pages, pin 2 pages in the preview and if i close it and open it again everything is gone. No bookmarks saved, no history made (its stuck on October 6) same preview as Oct 6. Tried to clear cache, reset safari, delete .plist in preferences, nothing changed. The same happens with Chrome, no bookmarks saved though it keeps most visited pages. Same goes for dock items, no changes will survive a reboot. A few other programs behave as such. I tried to repair permissions various times, even from OSX startup disk, no changes. While i was on startup, i verified the system HD where errors where found and repaired. When i tried to repeat this (after reboot and boot again on startup) HD appeared to be ok. When i repair permissions i get the same errors every time i do it, but as ive read many could be ignored. I have to note that this craziness happens in both accounts set up on the mac, both of which have administrator privileges. The whole system seems to be 'forgeting' most things, after closing a program or rebooting.. Any ideas on what could be causing this or anything that can be done? Thanx

I tried to repair permissions various times, even from OSX startup disk
Trash the Finder plist file. 
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 empty the trash and restart your computer.

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