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You don't want to be manually editing the database via SQL queries. I believe their is a developer option to save settings if you are in debug mode.

(AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Download / Upload Settings)

Add this line to config.php to enable debug mode. (N.B.: Avoid using it on Live Sites espeically for a long time.)

PHP Code:

$config['Misc']['debug'] = true;