Please help. Settings changing!!! Files erasing!!!

Using a 2.0 ghz macbook. Bought on Friday. Did a custom install where I left out the language translations, garageband, the trials and all that. I have not downloaded any other software yet. Nothing. Anyway my settings have already been changed. iLife seems like it totally reset itself. I am not sure if this happened all at once or not. Here are the changes:
1. itunes files that I put in this machine are now gone. When I wnet to open itunes tonight I got the agreement screen, preferences and all that as if I were using it for the first time.
2. Mail had me redo all my .mac info as if I had never done it.
3. Safari preferences and bookmarks were erased.
4. Desktop backround changed to the default.
5. Desltop icon went back to defualt size.
6. Dock went back to default settings.
WTH is going on?! How can this happen? There are no files in the trash. I searched for my itunes files in spotlight too, nothing.

hi there--
it sounds as though you may have tried to change the name of your home folder/user?? if so, if you follow this article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302150 it should allow you to recover your home folder. if this is what you did, for future reference, this article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 describes one of the proper ways to rename the home directory. as you can see, it is not made easy. [ 8 ) ]

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