OS X Lion: Deleted user account reappears; or, cannot use automatic login for a certain user account. I have never had this issue. I guess it is more common when people use Migration Assistant.
Thanks 9700pro.
System Preferences > Energy Settings > disable the “automatic Grafik-Mode-Switch”
This fixes a lot of other Problems, including yours.
:-)
(Maybe you have to boot in SaveBoot, to change this)
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Solved the issue…
After reading the system logs using Console app, I found out that when you have “allow users to reset password using apple id” enabled in user account, it seems like on startup my mac keeps on trying to verify the account is a safe account with apple servers or something, and that keeps it locking up and throwing a beach ball attack…
I simply deleted the associated apple id in the user account, and also unchecked the “allow users to reset… using apple id” option, and the problem seemed to go away.
Nice work Ke Sun. You put us mac techs out of business.
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Kiraly has the solution.
Open Activity Monitor, and find the loginwindow process running for the user. Force quit it. You will then have to authenticate as an admin user. This will log out the user and terminate all of his running processes.
WARNING: This will cause the other user to lose any unsaved work, and could also cause corruption of any files the user has open. Proceed with caution.
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MrHoffman shares the answer:
Try re-downloading and re-loading the 10.6.5 combo update, as a potential brute-force fix.
See if /etc/my.cnf and any local my.cnf you might have in /var/mysql/ looks sane.
The usual trigger is a skewed version between the files here, though that would be unexpected. (I’ll assume that MAMP or a different download of MySQL has not been manually installed on the box.)
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You can thank Matt Clifton.
You can indeed. First, make sure you have another, admin, account (you’ll need it if you’re unable to log into your main account). I’d strongly advise also making sure you have a backup of your home folder (in a third location).
Logged in as your original user, copy your home folder to the external drive (which should be Mac Extended format). Now go to System Preferences – Accounts, unlock if need be, and control-click on your account name on the left. Click Advanced Options. You’ll now be able to change the default “/Users/yourname” home location to the external drive (you can browse for it). Click OK. Log out and back in, and you’ll now be using the external home folder. You may want to check your apps (eg iTunes) to ensure they’re all using the correct location.
You can now delete the original home folder location.
If the drive gets dismounted, the system will recreate the home folders on the system drive. You may then need to reset your location in System Preferences.
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Beth_M figured it out.
I finally got it all to reset.Cleared all the autofill, then recleared the history, cookies, and cache. Rebooted. This time it once again asked if I wanted to save the username and pw. Voila..Thanks much
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