My Imac (Intel) is asking for a password rather than going to my desktop

My Imac(intel) usually goes straight to my desktop when it is switched on. Normally only asking for a password if it sat idle for some time. Today it has gone straight to a password box, which when I enter my password it doesn't accept it. When it is not accepting the password it goes to a black screen (prior to which it has a very very dark green hue to the screen for a second).
I have tried inserting the Snowleopard disc, both with and without holding down the command key. I have also tried holding down the command, option and P & R keys. These give the chimes every few seconds. I have done this allowing it to chime up to 10 times, but once I release the keys it still goes back to the password box.
Is there an over-riding password I can enter? Or something else I can do to get past this?

Thanks so much for your speedy response Tafftech You are brilliant - and I did it all with no CD!
I now want to quickly pick your brains - why did this happen? Had I done something wrong? Should I update from Snowleopard?
Cheers again

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Like so many others my Mac Mail keeps on asking for my password even though its saved on my keychain.
I have read pretty every solution I can find find from Keychain repair to deleting and creating a new account.... No joy... problem still occurs a few times a day on both my Hotmail pop and Gmail pop.....
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