Settings being reset upon shuttdown

Recently (as of today) my MacBook Pro has been having issues "remembering" my settings/preferences for various applications/tools. Several miscellaneous things are being forgotten regardless of my continuous efforts to reapply them:
View options for icons
Background image
iTunes Library/Playlists
Safari/Firefox bookmarks
Time Appearances
Widgets (it was completely reset to default)
etc.
Right before I first encountered the problem I noticed that my dock was behaving oddly. It would not magnify upon mousover and there would be no text indicating the name highlighted application. I had shrugged it off just thinking it was momentarily glitching but upon restart all of these settings/preferences were reset.
From there, I proceeded to reapply them in hopes that this wouldnt happen again but alas it has. It is quite the annoyance.
I have FileVault running if that helps at all (I've had a few problems with this computer before because of it). Any ideas?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi, ness0013. Welcome to the Discussions.
1. You wrote: "I have FileVault running if that helps at all (I've had a few problems with this computer before because of it)."Do the following in the order specified:1.1. Run at least steps 1-3 of the Procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. This will identify and potentially correct any general disk or permission issues.
1.2. Then follow the instructions in "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: FileVault - How to verify or repair a home directory image." This will either identify and fix, or rule-out, specific issues with your encrypted Home folder.2. If steps 1.1 & 1.2 above do not sort out the issue, then assure that your account is the Owner and has Access of Read & Write on the following folders:
• Your Home > Library > Preferences folder.
• Your Home > Library > Preferences > ByHost folder.
Open the Get Info window for each of on these folders. Check, and change if necessary, the settings for Owner and Access accordingly in the Details sub-pane of the Ownership & Permissions pane of the Get Info windows of each folders.
3. I trust you've not tried renaming your encrypted Home folder. If so, see "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 or later: Return to default desktop, apparent 'loss' of home directory."
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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