Snow Leopard Strange behavior, best stategy for fixing?

I have noticed recently a series of issues. It started when one of my computers starting getting Mobile Me sync errors. These seem to have gone away, but the computer that was having these errors now has several odd, but not, at this point critical problems.
Whenever I open iTunes I get the license agreement, I click Agree and the next time I get the same agreement. If I remove or move anything in my Dock, the next time I launch it is returned to it's previous state with Icons back where they were. Sometimes I try to move a file and get the admin Log In requirement. Other times, no problem. It doesn't seem like much, but it appears like there might be something brewing. I have Run Techtools 6.0.3 and disk utility and it comes up clean. I have run disk permission, I have upgraded SL to 10.6.8 v 1.1. I have reinstalled SL from the disc and upgraded. I have upgraded iTunes.
Still have the same problem. Is there any permissions fixes, such as changing a folder permission I can do without a clear wipe of my boot drive and a full install of all my apps and settings?
If I do have to upgrade, is there any ideas as to the most efficient way to get all the apps and settings restored.
Message was edited by: Mark Wheaton

Since not getting a response I used disk Utility several times to repair permissions, Used TechTools 6.0.3 and found nothing wrong, used Diskwarrior 4.3 found numerous .plist corrupted files. No real way to tell it to just move these to a temp folder and see what happens, but I think there are corrupt hidden root level files that are causing my issues, so unless I hear suggestions, I am moving to a fresh install on another drive. I am keeping this drive until I knwo everything works right and then erase and use it for file storage.
If any quicker fixes are out there I would love to hear them.

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