Corrupt user account

My mac pro with OSX 10.8 book has a corrupted user account.  When I connect my normal user account it opens but I get the spinning ball.  If I connect to another user accout, fine.

All the patches?

Thank you

How to create a new account if you can not access your Admin account

Restart the computer. On the ringtone, press and hold down the keys command + S to start in single user Mode. You start on a black screen with white text scrolling, release the keys and wait that it ends.

Enter the following lines at the command prompt, and then press RETURN after each:

Mount - uw /.

RM /var/db/.applesetupdone

reset

Once you restart the computer, you will be taken to the installation wizard. When you get to the point where you are prompted to set up your new user account, create a new admin account. Don't forget to name this thing another user account as the account user to administrator which already exists on the system. When you have finished the installation wizard, it will automatically save you in the new account.

You can transfer your files from the old account to the new. See: transfer of files from one user to another account. Once you have moved all your files in your new account, you can remove the old account using the preferences accounts or users and groups.

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    Use the hidden administrator account to lower your user account APPLY / OK then
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    You can use the hidden - administrator account to make another account as an ADMINISTRATOR with
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    How to create a Windows 7 system repair disc
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    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For Vista:

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    http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html

    Use the hidden administrator account to lower your user account APPLY / OK then
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    You can use the hidden - administrator account to make another account as an ADMINISTRATOR with
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    You can run the command Admin account hidden from the command prompt
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    This tells you how to access the System Recovery Options and/or a Vista DVD
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    What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista?
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    How to create a Vista - free methods recovery disk
    http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html

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    If you can't access your old account you can still use an Admin to migrate to one
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    to test and difficulty).

    Difficulty of a corrupted user profile
    http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-AU/help/769495bf-035C-4764-A538-c9b05c22001e1033.mspx

    I hope this helps.

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