Restarting Returns Settings to Factory Default

Hello,
Since I started using a router, my comp has been acting goofy. I was getting several copies of each email at first, and now everytime I restart my comp or open mail, everything is returned to factory settings and I have to set up mail again. I've tried downloading macscan and clamXav, but it says codec overrun when I open it. I've run repair permissions, and now it says "no mountable system". I don't know if it's my old 10.3.9 system that's clogged or a virus/spyware from using a router. Sometimes downloads disappear and reappear too. I don't currently have any virus protection. Next I will try dick utility from the install cd, but wondered if there are any other suggestions out there?

Hi again dazyduke7,
"When I restarted my comp, it had saved my defaults"
That's great! It may well indeed been a problem with lack of hard disk space and not enough ram. Old log files can over time claim a lot of disk space.
In regards to what is going on with your iPhoto app and importing I am not sure what is going on.
"I could not import any photos from my pictures folder. It states the "files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)." It made me upgrade iphoto and I wonder if that has something to do with it? All of my photos are jpegs so it's not the file type. I have noticed some photos display the thumbnail and some use the Preview icon, but neither will import. I could restore iphoto since nothing is in it, but not sure that would help?"
If I am understanding correctly, you have opened iPhoto (no photos in "Photo Library" pane, correct? You are trying to import photos by following the path iPhoto>File Menu/Import>Home>Pictures folder>(?). Is your iPhoto Library folder shown in the Pictures folder when you follow this path or are these photos in another folder or loose within the Pictures folder?
Is it possible that you are importing photos in larger blocks or individually? Do you receive the error when you try importing one at a time? If so see:
iPhoto gives import error "file not valid" when import more than one photo
(thanks Terence Devlin for above tip)
I suspect that you may have deleted something so that these files have lost their connection to the iPhoto Library but I am unclear from your description.
What exactly did you do in regards to "It made me upgrade iphoto and I wonder if that has something to do with it?"
If you could also explain what exactly you mean by "some emails" being "encrypted" when you open Mail.app?
please post back with as much information that you might think pertains,
LS

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