OT can’t log in to computer URGENT

[13]

It could be a bad login.keychain file. But to delete that you would have to boot from another drive to have access.

Before deleting that file though I would repair disk permissions, and verify the disk first.

I would sign up for an appointment at the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store.

[Rob Alexander]

Hi,

thanks, I do have another boot partition which I can get into OK (but it’s 10.3.6). I’ve repaired the disk using disk utility and diskwarrior, repaired permissions too. Zapped PRAM, tried safe boot. I think I’ve thrown away the login keychain as well. At the moment no go. 🙁

[13]

You may need to reinstall the OS.

Douse the OS in question have a second user account you can LPG into?

[Rob Alexander]

No, although when I reset the password I set my user account (which is an admin account) to ‘no password’ and it allowed me to do the same for the administrator. Now when the login screen comes up it reads my account and ‘other’. The ‘other’ account I have no idea as to the username.