Lion old login screen

Hi All,
After drain the battery charge completely, and reset SMC and recharge the battery fully -- the login screen sometimes comes in the new version (Lion) and sometimes comes in the old version (Leopard).
It seems that the old version comes after the screen turn off automatically or after start of screeen saver.
Anyone know why is it happening and how to fix it to always come the Lion login screen ?
Note: As an attempt at solution the Combo update 10.7.3 was reinstall.
Many thanks in advance.

This happened for the second time today. Another thing I noticed was there was no Apple chime on boot. Upon restart the machine started with the Apple chime and went into the Mavericks login screen.

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