Mac mini stuck on setting up your mac

I shut down my mac mini. After powering on, it came up with "setting up your mac" on the screen like I was setting up a new mac. Not sure why this is on the screen. I did not wipe it clean for it to start up new.
I did a hard shut down, restarted, then it came up with the user accounts. I selected the main account (mine which is always used) and it went right back to "setting up your mac" again.
Any ideas why it is doing this? It has been stuck on this for 24 hours now.
Thanks!

Something has damaged the routine to find the default user as your user. If your data is not backed up, I'd look at data recovery solutions first:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1689
If it is backed up, you might want to establish the fact the old first bootable user still is using the system password reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274

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