Strange User Account behaviour at Log In - not solved re duplicate thread

This morning I cold booted my laptop and strangely after signing in it declared that it was "Preparing Windows." I was then taken to a desktop with empty Documents etc. folders. Panicking I went to the User Accounts and found all my folders and data intact but not accessible through the "account" I had been forced to log in to. Licensed software that was not installed as multiple user wouldn't show as licensed so I must assume that some sort of default new profile had been created. However, in User Accounts there didn't seem to be anything new.
In addition to my account and that of my wife there were three other folders that I am sure have always been there. (1) Default (with user empty subfolders) (2) An alphanumeric (temp?) folder ... empty except for Appdata / Local / Temp ... itself empty (3) UpdatusUser - used by Nvidia to update the graphics driver (with user empty subfolders) (4) Public - usual subfolders.
I solved the problem by logging out and logging back in with my usual login credentials. (Switching user didn't work).
What happened please and how can I prevent it happening again?

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First off I'd just like to apologize if that is not the correct place to be posting this, but after looking around I don't see a perfect fit for this topic anywhere, so I figured here should be okay. Also I want to apologize if this turns out to be a rather lengthy post, I just want to ensure that I supply all info...
Okay, so about a month ago I recognized that my current user account is slowly but surely taking longer and longer to "boot up" after I put in my password and tell it to log in. What usually happens is that I click log in, the background image and taskbar almost immediately pop up but nothing else (finder icons, dock, and the multiple icons in the taskbar which include the airport signal, user name, bluetooth status, battery strength, volume, and my iChat and Adium status) the only things to immediately "activate" in the taskbar are the clock and spotlight.
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However my 2 primary concerns are my iTunes and iPhoto libraries (3330 songs and 4182 pcitures respectively), considering that I've spent literally hours making countless playlist in iTunes, and countless folders, slideshows, and books in iPhoto, if I was to lose all this it would truly be a mess.
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Hi Mervin,
Bottom line given that there is no way that I know of fixing this problem, I am planning to simply create a new user account.
You can do that (but I wouldn't) this KB article outlines how:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=155373
Basically you will copy the folders within your old home to replace the folders in the new home. Here is a list of specific folders if you decide to do that but a better solution would be to sort your existing user.
Here where your important data is stored ("~" stands for "Home"):
Your Data in Documents
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iCal(copy the whole folder)
Also in ~ / Library/ Application Support (copy whatever else you need)
~ /Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist * This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.
~ / Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
~ / Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
~ / Library/iMovie (copy the whole folder)
~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library
If you want cookies:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
so is there a way to transfer my current programs from one user account to the other without reinstalling???
As for applications, they should all be in your Application folder(there is only one) and available to ALL users, unless you have put "limitations" or "parental controls" on the account.
Now to the best course of action:
To find the issue affecting your existing user account, follow these steps:
Log back into your normal user account:
1. Navigate to ~(yourhome/library/fonts - drag this folder to the desktop.
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( Likely suspects are Time RO & Helvetica Fractions, also if you do not use Classic you can trash the classic fonts.)
2. Check Preferences Thoroughly;
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** Note: A very important file is the "com.apple.Mail.plist" preference file located in the Preferences folder which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences (hold this one and replace if your problem is not with Mail).
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3. Check Permissions Inside Home Folder
   Navigate to yourhome/library.
   Get Info (Command - i) on folders for apps you are having problems with.
   Open the "Ownership & permissions" disclosure triangle.
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Click on "apply to all"
   If this is correct, open the "Applications Support" folder and do the same      procedure (Command+I) for the folders with the names of the applications you are      having trouble with.
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The reason to check this is because repairing permissions with Disk Utility doesn't touch permissions inside your home folder.
If the isssue persists navigate to ~/library/caches and drag this folder to the trash, then log out and back or restart. There is no need to replace this folder.
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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Interface extends JFrame implements ActionListener
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          Bttn_Up.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50,80));
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          Bttn_Down = new JButton("D");
          Bttn_Down.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50,80));
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          Bttn_Left.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,50));
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          Bttn_Right.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,50));
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          Label_Focus.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman",Font.BOLD,16));
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          Label_XTitle.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman",Font.BOLD,16));
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          MenuItem_Open = new JMenuItem("Open");
          MenuItem_Open.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_O);
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          MenuItem_Save.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_S);
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          MenuItem_SaveAs = new JMenuItem("Save As");
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          MenuItem_SaveAs.addActionListener(this);
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          MenuItem_Exit = new JMenuItem("Exit");
          MenuItem_Exit.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_X);
          MenuItem_Exit.setActionCommand(GenVar.General.ACTION_COMMAND_EXIT);
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          MenuItem_Add.setActionCommand(GenVar.General.ACTION_COMMAND_ADD);
          MenuItem_Add.addActionListener(this);
          MenuItem_Remove = new JMenuItem("Remove");
          MenuItem_Remove.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_R);
          MenuItem_Remove.setActionCommand(GenVar.General.ACTION_COMMAND_REMOVE);
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          Menu_File.add(MenuItem_Open);
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          Menu_File.add(MenuItem_SaveAs);
          Menu_File.addSeparator();
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          Menu_File.add(MenuItem_Exit);
          Menu_Edit = new JMenu("Edit");
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          Menu_Edit.add(MenuItem_Add);
          Menu_Edit.add(MenuItem_Remove);
          MenuBar_AllMenu.add(Menu_File);
          MenuBar_AllMenu.add(Menu_Edit);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.initMenu");
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          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.initPanel");
          Panel_Button = new JPanel(layout);
          Panel_Button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,100));
          Panel_Button.setBackground(Color.RED);
          Panel_Button.add(Bttn_Add);
          Panel_Button.add(Bttn_Remove);
          Panel_Button.add(Bttn_Test);
          Panel_Button.add(Label_FocusTitle);
          Panel_Button.add(Label_Focus);
          Panel_Button.add(Label_XTitle);
          Panel_Button.add(Label_X);
          Panel_Button.add(Label_YTitle);
          Panel_Button.add(Label_Y);
          Panel_Arrow = new JPanel(layout);
          Panel_Arrow.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,250));
          Panel_Arrow.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
          Panel_Arrow.add(Bttn_Up);
          Panel_Arrow.add(Bttn_Down);
          Panel_Arrow.add(Bttn_Left);
          Panel_Arrow.add(Bttn_Right);
          Panel_Format = new JPanel(layout);
          Panel_Format.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,550));
          Panel_Main = new JPanel(layout);
          Panel_Main.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
          Panel_Main.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
          Panel_Main.add(Panel_Button);
          Panel_Main.add(Panel_Arrow);
          Panel_Main.add(Panel_Format);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.initPanel");
     private void setConstraint()
          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.setConstraint");
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Up, 125, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Arrow);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Up, 15, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Arrow);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Down, 125, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Arrow);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Down, 63, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Bttn_Up);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Left, 35, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Arrow);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Left, 100, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Arrow);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Right, 70, SpringLayout.EAST, Bttn_Left);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Right, 100, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Arrow);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Add, 40, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Add, 15, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Test, 10, SpringLayout.EAST, Bttn_Add);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Test, 15, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Bttn_Remove, 10, SpringLayout.EAST, Bttn_Test);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Bttn_Remove, 15, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Label_FocusTitle, 10, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Label_FocusTitle, -5, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Label_Focus, 5, SpringLayout.EAST, Label_FocusTitle);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Label_Focus, -5, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, Label_Y, -10, SpringLayout.EAST, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Label_Y, -5, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, Label_YTitle, -5, SpringLayout.WEST, Label_Y);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Label_YTitle, -5, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, Label_X, -30, SpringLayout.WEST, Label_YTitle);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Label_X, -5, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, Label_XTitle, -5, SpringLayout.WEST, Label_X);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Label_XTitle, -5, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Button);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Button, 0, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Main);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Button, 0, SpringLayout.NORTH, Panel_Main);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, Panel_Arrow, 0, SpringLayout.EAST, Panel_Main);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Arrow, 0, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Main);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Format, 0, SpringLayout.WEST, Panel_Main);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Format, 0, SpringLayout.SOUTH, Panel_Main);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.setConstraint");
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          processes_this.recordLog("Start LoginScreen.initFrame");
          this.setTitle("TVP1500 Form Creator");
          this.setIconImage(new ImageIcon("Icon.JPG").getImage());
          this.setName(GenVar.General.FRAME_NAME_MAIN);
          this.getContentPane().add(Panel_Main, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          this.setJMenuBar(MenuBar_AllMenu);
          this.setResizable(false);
          this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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          this.setLocation((processes_this.getScreenWidth()-Dimension_Temp.width)/2,(processes_this.getScreenHeight()-Dimension_Temp.height)/2);
          this.setVisible(true);
          processes_this.recordLog("End LoginScreen.initFrame");
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          processes_this.recordLog("Start LoginScreen.initialCondition");
          Label_Focus.setText("");
          Label_X.setText("   ");
          Label_Y.setText("   ");
          Bttn_Add.setEnabled(false);
          Bttn_Test.setEnabled(false);
          Bttn_Remove.setEnabled(false);
          Bttn_Up.setEnabled(false);
          Bttn_Down.setEnabled(false);
          Bttn_Left.setEnabled(false);
          Bttn_Right.setEnabled(false);
          processes_this.recordLog("End LoginScreen.initialCondition");
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          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.actionPerformed");
          if(e.getActionCommand().equals(GenVar.General.ACTION_COMMAND_NEW))
               processes_this.createNewFile();
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.actionPerformed");
     public void makeItGone()
          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.makeItGone");
          this.setVisible(false);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.makeItGone");
     public void makeItAppear()
          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.makeItAppear");
          this.setVisible(true);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.makeItAppear");
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          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.enableMe");
          this.setEnabled(true);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.enableMe");
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          processes_this.recordLog("Start Interface.disableMe");
          this.setEnabled(false);
          processes_this.recordLog("End Interface.disableMe");
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UPDATE...
I have been in safe mode for a while... When I was login into safe mode the I suffered one of those graphical glitches... I took a photo. After that, when it finished to load the screen went black and nothing more happened... The computer was working... but not graphical interface at all... just a black screen.
Then, I decided to force to turn off.... and try again to login into safe mode. That time worked well and normal.
However, while I was in safe mode the mac behaved strange graphically, as you can see in this video. I really do not know if that is a normal behaviour in safe mode. Finally, while I was finishing the email to reply the apple support a heavy graphical glitch happened after the screen went black, as you can see in these photos ( 1, 2 and 3). I decided to turn of the computer and back to the normal mode.
I have collected another console log, it can be seen in the previous link to the error logs or in this link. The glitch occurred around 14.10 h today.
Thanks in advance for the help and your time!!! it is really appreciated!!!!

Imported User accounts from 10.6 Server not usable

Hello,
I have exported Users and Groups from 10.6 Server and import them using WGM to Lion Server. These users are not usable (for example if you try to login to Webmail or create an e-mail account to Apple Mail), in logs we get:
Mar 29 15:48:02 email dovecot[4311]: auth: Error: od(USERNAME,192.168.11.8): validate response: lookup failed for user: USERNAME
Any solution?
Best regards
Kostas

Hi
You've not said whether the Mail Service is running on your 10.7 Server but did you reset your users' passwords after importing and did you set the appropriate SACLs for those imported users using the Server.App?
WGM is not as effective in 10.7 as it was in 10.6. This is because Apple deprecated it in readiness for Profile Manager. They had to re-introduce it a short time later in a slightly modified form because of the outcry from the US education sector. What this means is you can't really use it confidenctly like before.
FWIW I've found using WGM in conjunction with Server.App and Server Admin works fairly reliably rather than using WGM alone. So what does that mean? Try clearing the users out of WGM and re-import them into the Server.App instead. Define access to services from there and hopefully things should start to work again?
HTH?
Tony

Strange user account behavior on Z61M

I use an external firewire based sound card sometimes with my Z61m (PreSonus Firebox). This last time I went to use it, the application software that I use would not recognize the card as being present.
I went into system, hardware manager, and got a message that I was not signed in as an administrator. Never happened before.
I have 3 accounts on this machine. Mine (an administrator account), one for my wife, and one for my son.
When I press the thinkvantage button to and hit the 'system information' button it shows that my son is the current user!
How can this be and does anyone know of a fix for it?

OIM cannot detect deletion directly. Only after running delete recon it comes to know. You can do two things:
1. Its a rare case, as apart from Admin no one has rights to delete account. If accidentally it happens, you can manually provision user in AD.
2. You can attach create user task on the complete "c" response of Reconciliation delete received. This will recreate user once its delete is received in OIM. But this will happen for all users then and it's no a good design :) And again it'll depend on target delete recon schedule job
regards,
GP

Strange user account

Hi,
Do you know what purpose the following account is for?
Or is it one very strange account created by anyone else?
Many Thanks & Best Regards, Hua Min

Hello,
if you create a domain with dcpromo on a server OS this account is created. It is for Kerberos authentication required.
Also it is correct that this account is disabled as it cannot be used to logon with. Renaming will also fail.
Authentication is achieved by using tickets that are enciphered with a symmetric key that is derived from the password of the server or service to which access is requested. To request such a session ticket, a special ticket called the Ticket Granting Ticket
(TGT) must be presented to the Kerberos service itself. The TGT is enciphered with a key that is derived from the password of the KRBTGT account, which is known only by the Kerberos service.
So what you see is correct.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
My Blog: http://blogs.msmvps.com/MWeber
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Strange airport problem since 10.5.3 - not solved by x.4

Hello,
as suggested by RodneyW I will try looking for help with an own thread:
I have a major problem with my airport-connection. Until 10.5.2 it worked fine.
I have a MacBook C2D (late 2006) and a Fritz!Box 7270 router with latest firmware. Wireless is set to ngb. The router normally broadcasts via the 2,4 Ghz band using channel 1.
I use WPA (TKIP) and a very strong random password (63 characters, I think).
This worked great until 10.5.3. Since then it is very hard to connect to the network. Sitting next to the router in the same room (no matter whether I am one meter or just centimeters away), I cannot connect most of the times. Mostly I get an error message ("time limit exceeded" should be the correct translation). In case my Mac connects, the connection is very(!) slow or literally doesn't exist at all.
The "funny" / strange thing is: as I walk away from the router, the connection starts getting better! I am now sitting two rooms away and my MacBook next to me connects perfectly!
According to AirportRadar and iStumbler there is no other wireless broadcasting at the same channel as my router does. Next to the router the signal strength is great (but no usable connection), two rooms away my signal strength is even lower than some other signal around here but the internet works fine (I am in fact connected to my network).
What I tried so far:
- repair permission, scan hd for errors (just in case s.o. asks)
- re-installing 10.5.3 using the combo update
- updated to x.4 using the combo update with turned off airport and bluetooth
- deleted my network from the preferred networks and connected again
- changed the ssid
- changed the wpa-password
- reboot in safe mode
- turned off IPv6
- played around with the IO80211Family.kext
Btw., there is no problem with re-connecting after wake-up.
Is there anyone having an idea to solve this? I would add any additional information needed to solve this.

Hooray, working again!
I changed encryption to WPA2 as you suggested. My first experience was that my connection got much faster. Since I have the draft-n-patch installed, sold by Apple some months ago, I was now able to connect using that standard. I never realized that.
Unfortunately, the main problem still existed. Now I slightly modified your second advice and switched to 802.11n+a broadcasting via the 5 Ghz band, used solely by me. And now, the connection even works next to the router! Still looks a bit unstable but I just downloaded a 500 Mb-file without troubles.
Seems as if the great number of networks was one of the reasons for my problem.
The commands mentioned by you return the following now:
agrCtlRSSI: -27
agrExtRSSI: -39
agrCtlNoise: -92
agrExtNoise: -92
state: running
op mode: station
lastTxRate: 300
maxRate: 270
lastAssocStatus: 0
802.11 auth: open
link auth: wpa2-psk
BSSID: 0:1c:4a:4b:f:6a
SSID: Irischer Tanzsaal
MCS: 15
channel: 36,1
SSID BSSID RSSI CHANNEL SECURITY (auth/unicast/group)
axelpaul 00:17:9a:68:bc:85 -53 6 WPA(PSK/TKIP/TKIP)
treggiari 00:1b:2f:5b:bf:d4 -71 11 WPA(PSK/TKIP/TKIP)
WLAN 00:03:c9:a3:42:ca -89 11 WEP
Irischer Tanzsaal 00:1c:4a:4b:0f:6a -27 36 WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)
Any comments?
Thank you very much for your help. I will pay you drink in case we ever meet.

Traceroute issue in ASA (not solved by other threads)

Hello,
I know this has been going on for a long time, but I'm facing the traceroute issue in the ASA. Weirdly enough, I can reach the destination using traceroute with no problem, but I can't see the path to it. I pasted the result below.
I also checked my ASA configuration and the only setting that is not present is the "match any " for the "class-map class_default", because when I enter "class-map class_default" I get the following warning:
ASA(config)# class-map class-default
ERROR: % class-default is a well-known class and is not configurable under class-map
Can you guys help me? I posted below the tracert output and the concerned configuration. I can't find the misfit and I already checked most of the configuration forums.
C:\>tracert www.google.com
Tracing route to www.google.com [173.194.79.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 212 ms 212 ms 212 ms pb-in-f104.1e100.net [173.194.79.104]
Trace complete.
---Router configuration
icmp unreachable rate-limit 10 burst-size 5
object-group service ICMP_Return
service-object icmp echo-reply
service-object icmp time-exceeded
service-object icmp traceroute
service-object icmp unreachable
service-object icmp6 echo-reply
service-object icmp6 time-exceeded
service-object icmp6 unreachable
access-list IF_outside_access_in remark ICMP Return
access-list IF_outside_access_in extended permit object-group ICMP_Return any any
access-group IF_outside_access_in in interface IF_outside
class-map class_default
!--- This does not exit -> match any
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map global_policy
class class-default
set connection decrement-ttl
service-policy global_policy global

Hello, it's not. 10.0.0.1 is my default gateway, a local router.
Something that is worth mentioning is, traceroute works for other ASA interfaces (DMZ). It only fails for the external interface.
Look:
c:\> tracert 10.0.100.50
Tracing route to webserver.corp.mycompany.com [10.0.100.50]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 3 ms 3 ms 2 ms 10.0.0.1
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2 <- This is the ASA
3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms webserver.corp.mycompany.com [10.0.100.50]
Trace complete.
Any ideas?

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