Befuddled second-time Mac purchaser

New Leopard Mac purchased. I had a Panther which developed an aversion to getting online. Now need to transfer files to my new machine, but Intel Leopard is snubbing PPC Panther so I'm having to transfer files via a storage hard drive unit.
Problems:
1. I can't figure out how to transfer info like iPhoto Albums, iCal daily notations and the like. No problem transferring my music into iTunes.
2. I can't seem to get Leopard to stop going directly to Admin Account instead of the managed one I want to work from after a Shutdown. (Bypass separate log in page and go right to my secondary account. Can't remember how I got Panther to do this, but seem to remember it just did it if I shutdown from the secondary anyway.)
3. With Panther I went months before finding out about things like YASU and Permissions Repair. What maintenance programs are considered must-haves for Leopard? Is YASU still needed? Couldn't find it on VersionTracker. (I already installed new versions of Little Snitch and ClamAV.)

I went to Accounts, did the Login Options and was given the choice of changing my password and altering Parental Controls. That was it. No option to stop Admin being auto chosen to open when turning on the computer. (However, I just did Software Update yesterday to ignore GarageBand and iMovie. So naturally those two items showed up with the huge MB files waiting for my dial up to download. sigh
What with two screen freezes yesterday (one requiring a hold-start-button restart, maybe I got a lemon Leopard? Does that option show up on anyone else's OSX10.5.3?
I've only got until July 5 to return this if need be and though this will definitely be my last Mac purchase, I'm not ready to go back to Windows yet.

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