[newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

[mdk-newbie-g]

I've recently come back to Mandrake after trying several other distros.
I'm using 7.0 as I prefer the menu design over those in the newer
release. I've found that Sound Mixer (in KDE) settings are reset back to
default when I reboot the machine which is just a tad annoying. When
merely restarting KDE my settings hold, but a full reboot generates the
reset. Has anyone else found this to be the case or know of a
configuration setting I need to tweak? Many thanks....
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Paul
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