I have a G5 running 10.3.9. Yesterday this computer took a long time logging out of the users account. When it finally logged out and rebooted it got stuck at the logging in to the user account screen. (Our user accounts are set to automatically login so they don't enter a user name and password when the computer restarts.)
I followed steps 4,5 & 6 here for removing the login preferences http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464#symp1 I was able to get the computer to boot past the login screen, but then it sat at the blue screen and did nothing. So I tried step 7 and was finally able to get to the login screen where I could choose my admin account and log in there. Still couldn't log into the user account. I logged in as admin which worked fine so I figured something was wrong with the user's account. I deleted the users account (moved his files to a temporary location) I then rebooted the computer and came back and recreated the user's account, with the same name it had before. I didn't copy any of his files or preferences back - I wanted to have a clean account folder to test. I was able to log into this new account fine, by using Fast User switching, but then I set the login preferences to login automatically to his account, rebooted and it's back to getting stuck at the login screen. I'm to the point where I think there must be something in the system itself that thinks there is a problem with that user account even though it has been recreated. Am I looking at a reinstall of the OS or is there something I'm missing? -- Thanks, Beth
