Gamba and I worked on this five years ago wrt Appletalk settings. pram-auto-restore was good enough for what he required. I think that Revrdist has a tool that is suitable to reset mouse speed. If you can't find them or need other tools, mail me.

Mellow a smidge, Equant. Whilst Equill may not have suggested the right solution for you, s/he still provided a valid recommendation that may be more appropriate for others. Google spiders 68kmla, so discussions "around a problem" are as worthwhile as direct solutions.