no matter how many times I reset my graphic settings, they default

[billyangstadt 272]

By default, my ui is very small and resolution is stretched. I set everything, do the necessary restart..and back to same

This is stable .58

[St. Jimmy 1631]

C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\DayZ and there DayZ.cfg. Try to make manual changes and then save and make the file read only so the game won't change it. Or if your file was already read only then that's the problem because the game can't save the changes.