Password problem - won't work, won't reset

I just upgraded my older G4 to 10.4.11 with no problems; restarted; upgraded QuickTime to 7.6. Now when I restart it gives me a list of accounts to choose, which it never did before, and it won't accept my password on the main account I use. I can log in with another (Admin) account, and I've tried to change the password on my main account (though I never changed the password to begin with) but it still won't let me log in (I get that shaking "no" when I try).
What happened, and why can't I get into my main account? (It's also an Admin account.)
thanks,
Scott

never mind -- rebooting again fixed it, with my original password (though I'd changed it). Weird.
Scott

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