I was going to say that... B-)
Even if the box isn't ticked it's not unknown for these things to lie or pick up a setting buried 6 applications, 4 menus and 3 dialogue boxes away from the application that you think you are using.
Find the setting change *and* save it *and* close the application. Don't just toggle the setting without saving or not quit the applcation. Restart the machine, check the setting, change it back, save, close the application restart again check the setting...