Unable to change automatic login

I run a small computer lab with iMacs (intel). Each computer has at least two accounts -- one of which has admin privileges. When a computer starts up, I want it to login directly to a user account and bypass the login window. For some reason even though I login with the admin account, in the Accounts preferences pane->Login Options the "Automatic Login" drop down menu is gray and I am unable to choose a user. Any ideas?
to summarize, here's what I'm doing:
1) login to an admin account
2) choose accounts pref pane->login option
3) unlock the pane
4) "Automatic Login" is gray. I am unable to choose or see any possible selections.

How did you reinstall? A&I, saving user and network data? If so, then the corruption that existed carried over to the restored installation. Try an Erase & Install, recreating the two accounts.

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