Vista - Vista Business doesnt retain settings

I have Vista business on this desktop and Vista Ultimate 64 bit on a laptop.
When I want to share items from desktop on one to desktop on another or even
on any other networked machine on the home network, I like to have the icons
for each machine shown as extra large. When I reboot the machine they revert
to Tiles. Even opening the Network Icon I have on the desktop opens ONLY in
a quarter panel and not a full screen as I like no matter what I do.

So how do you get Vista to retain the settings in the way I like? This isnt
limited to icons in the Network either. It happens on folders on the same
computer but not as often. While those ones CAN reset to tiles from time to
time, the Network icons happen every single reboot and the Network opening
in a quarter panel happens every single TIME I try to open it.

If anyone has any suggestions how to fix this, I would appreciate it. Oh and
BTW, it happened even from the day I fresh installed Vista Business.