Some audio preferences settings not sticking

I find that every time I restart my iMac the audio volume is reset to 50% for all outputs no matter what it was set to before the restart. I generally listen to my iMac on headphones, and this default volume is WAY too loud. Also, the MacOS startup chime always plays loudly through the external speakers even though I always leave my headphones plugged in and have headphones designated as the Output Device in my Sound Preferences. I also have a pair of Harmon Kardon USB Soundsticks plugged in, and I don't use the built-in speakers.
So far I've tried deleting the preference files for sound, and zapping the PRAM on restart. No dice. Any other suggestions?

Do you also get a warning that your preferences couldn't be saved because you had a permissions problem with your preferences directory?
If preferences aren't being saved - it is because something is preventing them from being written in the preferences directory. So go fix the permissions issue on your preferences directory.

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Originally Posted by imc
All,
I've got a strange issue. I have a policy set up that has a proxy server set under /User Config/Windows Settings/Internet Explorer Maintenance/Connection/Proxy Settings. That works fine. However, I'm trying to add some local web resources into the exceptions field and none of them seem to be taking.
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However, I have a seperate policy for other users in which the exceptions work perfectly fine. Could the policy be corrupt?
Also, and this is a throw in question, how do you all create your policies? I find using console 1 to be an extremely irritating and slow process. It takes up to a minute from when I close the group policy window until I get control of console 1 back. Are there any other methods for policy editing?
Thanks in advance.
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