Making Quicktime Prefs stick across OD Accounts

OK,
so here is the scenario:
Quicktime 7.13's "enable flash" checkbox bug
caused all of our elem grade Flash based software
to stop working properly.
I went into the Admin account on one of 80 macs
managed by OD. I set the QT prefs to have the
checkbox enabled, and then closed out of the
Quicktime Prefs pane. I then went and made a copy of
that QT Prefs file, and copied down into
System/Library/User Template/English.local/Library/Prefs/
making sure to change back from admin to system before closing out
the Info panel, and then rebooted the machine.
Logged in as a newly created user, and the pref does stick.
But log in as a legacy OD user, and the pref does not stick,
it shows to be disabled.
What should I try next to get this pref to stick for all OD users
when they log in?
All Macs run 10.4.8, QT 7.13.
Server is OSX Tiger Server.

Answered my own question.
Here are the steps to fix this issue:
#1. Go log into the SERVER as admin.
#2. Set the "Enable Flash" setting in QT PREF Pane,
close out of the pref pane.
#3 Log out a admin, log back in as admin.
#4 Make a copy of the admin's QT prefs, place on desktop.
#5 Go into System/Library/Usr Templates/English.lproj/Library/Prefernces/
ON THE SERVER, and copy into the Preferences folder that copy of
the admin's QT Prefs you placed on the desktop earlier.
#6 Close out all windows, making sure to reset all prefs on files
and folders to system ownership.
Go to a client and test. If the setting doesn't stick on the managed
user account, then:
#1 Login to the machine as admin.
#2 Search for Managed Accounts folder, trash all contents of this folder.
#3 empty trash, then logout as admin
#4 log in as managed user account. Should apply now.

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