HT4413 we are trying to move a user account from OSX.8 back to an older Mac with OSX.5 Having some issues. Someone help?

I understand why it does not work due to compatability issues. Is there a work around?

First, can you clarify what OS versions you are talking about? OSX.8 is meaningless.
OS X versions are of the form 10.x.x.
Leopard = 10.5 to 10.5.8
Snow Leopard = 10.6 to 10.6.8
Lion = 10.7 to 10.7.4 (so far)
Mountain Lion = 10.8 (has not yet been released)
In general, you can't use migration or setup assistant to  recover data from a later OS version.
I wouldn't see much problem doing it the hard way, though - just using file sharing or even target disk mode to transfer user data.
There may be problems with some files saved in some applications on Lion having compatibility issues with earlier versions of those applications.
I'm sure a Lion user can enlighten us further.

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