[tomacwhite]

I have an iBook G4 800 running 0X 10.3.9 and I am having serious trouble logging into the primary account (I have it set so upon boot you click the user, then enter pass).

If I try my account, when I enter the password it hangs instantly. The computer completley freezes, with the only fix being a power off and on again. Sometimes, however, it will not get to the logging in screen, and instead the entire screen will go grey, and I get told to restart my computer.

I CAN log in to other accounts, but of course I cannot see my primary account's Home folder, which is a pain.

Another issue which may be related is that when using the other account, although I can boot to desktop, I can't use Bluetooth, access USB/FW400 hard drives and USB pendrives, not go online. It just gives the message that my internet connection is not responding.

So could it be a major hardware failure, as well as a corrupted login?
I tried to reinstall OSX and it got to about 80% and said an error prevented it from installing.

Weird huh? Any help would be hugely appreicated!

[zro]

Try holding the Shift key as you click the login button. That should disable any login items you have.

[rickey939]

You aren't a "Managed" account are you?

[tomacwhite]

The computer is mine and the account I cannot log into is the first account created, which obviosuly has access to everything on the computer.

I'll try holding Shift down whilst clicking on log-in.

Thanks.