Mavericks "forgetting" simple settings after reboot

After upgrading to Mavericks I was surprised by the the new wave background image on all my spaces - while it is a lovely picture I use the background as a clue to which space I'm in, so I reset them to my own pictures/images as they were prior to the upgrade.
After rebooting the images returned to the wave on all spaces - huh, that's weird... So I reset them.
I also noticed I had an AppleScript app that wasn't working right and I need to debug, so I turned off the "Open at Login" option for the app and went about my business.
I rebooted again later in the day and once again my desktop images were reset and the AppleScript app was launched at login.
What am I missing that Mavericks is forgetting these customization settings?

I was having the same issue with background images. Every time I restarted, back to the waves...
I've since placed in the image in Library>Desktop Pictures and changed the image through preferences. So far it's been holding (fingers crossed). Previously I had been using the Contextual Menu>Services>Set as Background Image to do it.
There is also another way. Navigate to System>Library>CoreServices>DefaultDesktop.jpg.
You'll see it's an alias to the Waves, background. In this case, just create a new alias with the correct privileges and the same name that points to your desired photo. You may have to do this as the root user.
Lot's of trouble for a simple thing, hopefully it gets fixed.

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