Can't enter admin password

I have just updated to Mavericks. When I am prompted to enter my administrator password I cannot type in the username or password box.
I can delete the preloaded username information but cannot type
The username and password box get a blue glow when I click into them, but don't accept any text
I tried using the software keyboard but it doesn't recognise I am in a text field. Not a hardware problem
I can sign in as a user, it is only the admistrator sign-in I have a problem with.
I tried restarting twice to no effect and downloaded the latest OSX updated

I have found that you need to be the administrator. If you have already deleted the administrator account and created a new one, and the problem still persists, I'll give you the same advice I was given, reinstall your current operating system. Mine was having this problem on lion. I have not yet reinstalled lion however, so I don't know if this is a 100% fix.

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resetpassword
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