Quicktime 7.13 Flash Setting won't stick

OK,I got no answers posting in the OS X Server page,
so I'd thought I'd post this here in QT to see if
anyone has dealt with this?
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.

Had this happen on a colleague's iMac at work. Clicked Enable Flash checkbox - quit Quicktime - preference doesn't save.
This is on a normal one user account Mac on a network - is it the same bug and will your solution fix it?
Thanks
Greg
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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