Index: modules/user.module
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--- modules/user.module	(revision 5735)
+++ modules/user.module	(working copy)
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@
           if (variable_get('user_register', 1) == 1) {
             $account = user_load(array('name' => "$name@$server"));
             if (!$account->uid) { // Register this new user.
-              $user = user_save('', array('name' => "$name@$server", 'pass' => user_password(), 'init' => "$name@$server", 'status' => 1, "authname_$module" => "$name@$server", 'roles' => array(_user_authenticated_id())));
+              $user = user_save('', array('name' => "$name@$server", 'pass' => user_password(), 'init' => "$name@$server", 'status' => 1, "authname_$module" => "$name@$server", 'roles' => array(_user_authenticated_id()), 'sort' => variable_get('comment_default_order', COMMENT_ORDER_NEWEST_FIRST), 'mode' => variable_get('comment_default_mode', COMMENT_MODE_THREADED_EXPANDED)));
               watchdog('user', t('New external user: %user using module %module.', array('%user' => theme('placeholder', $name .'@'. $server), '%module' => theme('placeholder', $module))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('edit'), 'user/'. $user->uid .'/edit'));
               break;
             }
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
     watchdog('security', t('Detected malicious attempt to alter protected user fields.'), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
     drupal_goto('user/register');
   }
-  $account = user_save('', array_merge($form_values, array('pass' => $pass, 'init' => $mail, 'roles' => array('authenticated user' => _user_authenticated_id()), 'status' => $admin || variable_get('user_register', 1))));
+  $account = user_save('', array_merge($form_values, array('pass' => $pass, 'init' => $mail, 'roles' => array('authenticated user' => _user_authenticated_id()), 'status' => $admin || variable_get('user_register', 1), 'sort' => variable_get('comment_default_order', COMMENT_ORDER_NEWEST_FIRST), 'mode' => variable_get('comment_default_mode', COMMENT_MODE_THREADED_EXPANDED))));
   watchdog('user', t('New user: %name %email.', array('%name' => theme('placeholder', $name), '%email' => theme('placeholder', '<'. $mail .'>'))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('edit'), 'user/'. $account->uid .'/edit'));
 
   $variables = array('%username' => $name, '%site' => variable_get('site_name', 'drupal'), '%password' => $pass, '%uri' => $base_url, '%uri_brief' => substr($base_url, strlen('http://')), '%mailto' => $mail, '%date' => format_date(time()), '%login_uri' => url('user', NULL, NULL, TRUE), '%edit_uri' => url('user/'. $account->uid .'/edit', NULL, NULL, TRUE), '%login_url' => user_pass_reset_url($account));