New user not logging in

I just tried to add my daughter as a user on my computer. It's not the first time I've done it, but on a different computer. I log out, log her in, and then I just get the little blue dot in the upper right corner and it won't go any further. Suggestions?
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) also have a G4 eMac and a G3 Powerbook

Just letting you know that you are not alone. We have also had many times where the login account is ok and working fine and then we get the blue screen of death and the little spotlight magnifier showing in the upper right corner. Very frustrating. The main account never seems to be affected. To get around this, you can create multiple accounts. Eventually one of them will let you login. But be aware of the blue screen eventually.
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Hi John,
I performed that protocol, but even that didn't fix the problem!
I know I've heard someone once suggest (in a moment of resignation) that I just use the blank name and password fields at login, but this is not really an option in elementary school. I only have 478 users in WGM, so I can't believe that would be too taxing for OS X Server!
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Jon
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Jon,
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