Can't login to home screen. Get redirected to login over again.

When I start my MacBook it brings me the first login screen with my account and then asks me for my password. When I type It in it looks as if it is logging me in but then doesn't. It redirects me to the exact same login screen again and then continues to do this when I type in my password. Essentially I cannot get to my home screen with my dock. This has happened to me once before and I had to reinstall the OSX operating system again. I was wondering what steps I could try before having to do this? Thanks for any help.

try doing SMC reset, the following article tells how to do this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
also after entering your password hit the enter key on the keyboard and make sure that you aren't clicking on the restart icon that's in the login window
hope this helps

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