Only Guest Account Appears

[011mbarnes]

I'm using an iMac with OS X 10.6.6. When I turned it on this morning, the only account that appeared was the guest account, which I've had active for the past three or four months. All of the old user's files are still in Finder, but it is impossible to log in to them. And, as it is a guest account, access to the other accounts on the computer is forbidden. Any thoughts as to why this might be?

 

[Buzzard2010]

Not too sure why this is happening but you could try to repair the disk and permission.

Boot into your install DVD, go to Utilities > Disk Utility, click your HDD in the left pane, click the First Aid tab, click Repair Disk, once complete click Repair Disk Permissions.
This may take some time so be patient with it.
Once complete reboot and see if it has solved your problem.

If not try rebooting into Safe Mode, guide to this below...


Be sure the computer is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone but not before.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).

Hope this helps

- Simon