World of Warcraft/Sims 3

After installing Windows 7 my games keep resetting themselves.  Resolution, shortcuts keyboard, video settings etc etc. constantly return to their values by default whenever I open the games.  Sims 3 keeps trying to make me run the tutorial and warcraft wants me to go through the film use agreements, assignment of user name and domain every time I run the program.  The games are compatible, but somehting has clearly wrong. Is there a way I can fix without having to reinstall the games? Be it fixed if I take the time to reinstall?

Kiara,
When you installed Windows 7 do you have an upgrade or a new installation?  You run repair of Blizzard for WoW yet tool?  I would like to start by running the repair tool.  If you have upgraded to Windows 7 (or you have restored Sims3 from a backup) then I would re - install Sims 3.  Let us know the results.

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