Snow Leopard install - can't login to my account since install

I installed Snow Leopard last night, but since then have not been able to login to my own 'account' since them, am on a test account which I setup before, when having problems. The login only goes so far, it stops at the blank background and the spinning wheel spins for ages, machine chuggs, and then that's it. It does nothing, no apps, no hard disc icon, nothing. Just the photo I have on the background. HELP??? Anyone???

abi moore wrote:
{…} am on a test account which I setup before, when having problems. The login only goes so far, it stops at the blank background and the spinning wheel spins for ages, machine chuggs, and then that's it. It does nothing, no apps, no hard disc icon, nothing. Just the photo I have on the background.
Try Starting up in Safe Mode. (Be patient: Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup.)
If you can then log into your normal account successfully, it means something in that account is still causing problems, like a login item, bad preference file, etc. If you are lucky, the steps Safe Boot does to remove bad caches, etc. will fix the problem (see What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? for more about these steps) & on a normal restart everything will be OK. More likely, it won't fix it & you will need to do more troubleshooting.
For that, it would help to know what problems you were having before you created the test account.

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