diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index 418448434f4..1aeefb5cbd8 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-03-31 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Added default preferences to the C/C++ Debug preference page.
+	* CDebugCorePlugin.java
+	
 2004-03-31 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	The Registers view has been contibuted and moved to the Eclipse platform.
 	To enable updating set the default value of the auto-refresh flag of the registers to true.
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugCorePlugin.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugCorePlugin.java
index 15af8319647..49d59a6f20f 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugCorePlugin.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugCorePlugin.java
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ public class CDebugCorePlugin extends Plugin
 	public void startup() throws CoreException
 	{
 		super.startup();
-		initDefaultPreferences();
 		resetBreakpointsInstallCount();
 		setSessionManager( new SessionManager() );
 	}
@@ -275,10 +274,4 @@ public class CDebugCorePlugin extends Plugin
 	{
 		return SourceUtils.getCommonSourceLocationsFromMemento( CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().getString( ICDebugConstants.PREF_SOURCE_LOCATIONS ) );
 	}
-
-	private void initDefaultPreferences()
-	{
-		// for now
-		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_REGISTERS_AUTO_REFRESH, true );		
-	}
 }