OS X 10.5.5 always forgets Wireless network after bootcamp reboot

I have my network preferences set to "remember network", but every time I reboot from bootcamp to go back to "Mac Mode", I have to re-enter my SSID, security type and passphrase.
The wireless router does not broadcast the SSID. Is that why network restart says it's not there? Since it supposedly "remembered" my preferred network, why doesn't it just try to connect anyway? When I reboot to Windows mode, I have no such problem, it's only returning to Mac OS X.
It's a PITA, and then I always have to adjust my system time because it's off by the UTC-offset amount.

After reading some other threads, I removed "System Preferences" from the dock and now it works!
I read that some other people moved System Preferences from Applications to Utilities, and undoing that solved the problem. I did not move System Preferences, but I did not put it on the dock. Removing it from the dock seems to have solved it. Go figure.
Now, problem number two... the time doesn't get set properly until I select "Open Date & Time..." then it corrects, just by opening that.. I don't have to do anything else.

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