HT201240 resetting a user password in mountain lion

I've installed Mountain Lion, and installed my Time Machine back up.  The problem is that when I try to log in it own't accept my password giving me the message
CSSM_ERRCODE_MEMORY_ERROR.
I've tried to set up another administor account and it will let me unlock as the old password is correct.  But  ... still won't let me log into my inital account.
I've just aobut had a gust full of Mountian Lion so I would like to access my files on the back up and then delete Mountian Lion and revert back to Snow Leopard which seems to be alot more useful for me.
Any help?

Try these
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/19/change-password-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-without-knowin g-current-password/
If no go, then try this, posted elsewhere  by Linc Davis:
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, enter “resetpassword” and press return. A Reset Password window opens.
Select your boot volume if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9.
Select  ▹ Restart from the menu bar.

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