Some settings got reset randomly???

I am using a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Core2Duo with OS X 10.4.10. I noticed that sometimes after I turned on my computer and launched iTunes, it would ask me to click on the user agreement, as if it was launched for the first time, but it was not. Also the input language setting would also get reset to the default(US only).
Somehow only some of the system settings got reset after some startups, and this happens quite often, maybe at least once every 2 weeks, but seems purely random. I do not notice any pattern that would cause this reset.
Does anyone have similar problem?

If you create a new user account and log in there do you get the same issues?

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labeck wrote:
On my fifth phone and am currently working with an apple engineer to help investigate the issue. The best thing I've done to help temporarily is to reset all settings. That seems to hold for 24 hours or so but the issue always returns.
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