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MacBook PRAM

I've never set reset my PRAM before. What should I expect? Will I need to change anything back afterword? I found this info on apple's website describing what PRAM stores (support.apple.com­/kb­/HT1379):
  • Status of AppleTalk
  • Serial Port Configuration and Port definition
  • Alarm clock setting
  • Application font
  • Serial printer location
  • Autokey rate
  • Autokey delay
  • Speaker volume
  • Attention (beep) sound
  • Double-click time
  • Caret blink time (insertion point rate)
  • Mouse scaling (mouse speed)
  • Startup disk (what I need to reset)
  • Menu blink count
  • Monitor depth
  • 32-bit addressing
  • Virtual memory
  • RAM disk
  • Disk cache
The PC in question is a 13" MacBook Pro (7,1) running Mac OS X Lion gdgt.com­/apple­/macbook­-pro­/13­-inch­/unibody/
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Bielefeld

I have reset the PRAM a couple of times on my MacBook Pro and haven't had to change anything back. Every setting stayed the way I had it set prior to a PRAM Reset.
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bleepnik

The keyboard and mouse stuff (autokey rate/delay, double-click time) are the only things that I've had to change back after zapping the PRAM.
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