[G4] Freezes on Login

[Raymond E. Hardy]

Wayne,Daniel,Steve,&Ron,
Thanks for the suggestions. I booted with my earlier Panther disc, ran
repair permissions, finally reinstalled  OSX 10.3. On the restart it booted
normally but wouldn't accept what I thought was the password. I restarted
and used the Reset password in the drop down menu under Installer. The
password works now but only under the Name - System Administrator. I'm happy
- but heck how can I change the Name for Login? Somehow before this trouble
I was never asked to LOGIN - must be a way to reset things to the old way -
right?
Thanks to you all.
Ray

> Can you start up with a boot cd os install, and do a repair permissions?
> Is there more than one account on the computer, if so does it happen
> to all accounts or just one?
> As a general rule I usually have more than one account on a computer,
> that way I can troubleshoot if it's an account problem or a general
> os problem.
> 
> On Oct 24, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Raymond E. Hardy wrote:
> 
> 
>> I have a G4 Quicksilver running Panther. After "Login Window
>> Starting"(several minutes) it won't get beyond entering "Name and
>> Password"-seems to freeze and then gives you the login window again.
>> Tech Tools says there is nothing wrong with things it checks - any
>> ideas
>> would sure be appreciated.
>> Ray Hardy
>> 
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