User data causing display problems?

I had a user on an iBook whose display was completely washed out. The image was so white and there was so little detail that it was mostly unreadable.
So, I did a fresh load of 10.4 onto an older Powerbook G4 that had no issues, and I used the Setup Assistant to transfer over his all of his User Data, settings, and applications.
As soon as the Powerbook rebooted, it had inherited the display problem!
A fresh install on the iBook shows that the display is now fine. Somehow, this problem is travelling with the user's data, settings, and applications.
I've played with the display and color settings, but they have no effect on the problem.
The only unusual application that he was running was some "Ding!" app from Southwest Airlines.
Any idea where to look to hunt down this problem?

Check the contrast setting in the Universal Access pane of System Preferences; this setting can cause what you describe.
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