Hi Greg, After you get your preferences the way you want them, are you saving them? Sounds like that's what you need to do. If that doesn't do the trick, then I'm not sure what might be going on. I haven't had any problem with mine, but one never knows with this stuff. Hope this helps. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Brayton To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 17:02 Subject: [ddots-l] User preferences Lately my user preferences return to default everytime I shut down the computer. I re do them tehe way I want them but next time we're back to default. Anyone know what do do about this? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com