Setting default Finder preferences

Hi, I recently upgraded t 10.7.2 and I was wondering if there was a way to set default finder arrange and view preferences. I upgraded form SL and I was able to do this (all finder windows would open in icon view with the files arranged by kind). Is there a way to set these preferences in Lion? I have gone to the View Options and selected Arrange to "Kind" and Sory by to "Name" and then selected "Use as defaults" at the bottom, but these are not maintained in subsequent finder window (they revert back to no settings). Do I have to do this for every single finder page?

So, I ended up erasing and reinstalling and this did not fix the problem (even before I migrated). I downloaded a new file from the App store because I thought my first one was corrupt, but there is not difference. Maybe what I envision is not possible in Lion. Here is what I do to set up my defaults.
Step 1: Open my main directory.
Step 2: Set preferences in view options.
Step 3: Open Alpha. The folders appear to be organized appropriately.
Step 4: Open Users. The files are no longer organized appropriately.
Step 5: Check setting. The option to set default is grayed out and the settings are no longer what I set before.
So, I change these setting and open my user folder and make some test files. The test files do not follow the view options either.
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