Keychain Password issues

I have search here and haven't found the answer. On every MM sync, I get a keychain dialogue that says "Enter the password for your user account on "Steve's Computer". The file that is trying to access the KC is "kcsync". The user account PW doesn't work. I have booted from the install DVD and reset the password for this account. No joy. I can unlock the system and login keychains without problems. Any other thoughts as to how to resolve this keychain problem?
Message was edited by: Stephen Hanson

Thanks for finding that Stephen, I've been trying to fix that for ages!
@ baltwo, this is a Keychain syncing issue, so it is perfectly acceptable to be in the 'Using Leopard' or 'MobileMe' forums. There's no need to be snappy if someone doesn't do something how you'd like.

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