User Account Login: Goes back to login Window

I have 4 accounts set up on an iMac (10.6). One of the accounts has suddenly stopped working. After typing in the password at the login screen, it looks as if the mac is trying to log in, the screen then turns blue, and the login screen is then displayed.
The other accounts all work fine, and I can log in and log out without issue.
Any ideas?

I too have this frustrating problem. My iMac has three accounts - the login on my main one (an admin account) fails as described. I've tried many possible fixes having read about what could well be the same issue elsewhere on this forum, but no luck. I've rebooted many times; I've used a different account to change the malfunctioning account's password; I've checked the hard drive has plenty of space (it has more than 40% free); I've verified the hard drive (all fine); I've verified and repaired the disk permissions (a few were wrong); I've checked there are not too many files on the desktop; I have changed the UUID (in advanced options of Accounts) for the misbehaving account; and I have tried deleting a number of possible culprits from the Library/Preferences folder including com.apple.finder.plist, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist, com.apple.DiskUtility.plist and com.apple.loginitems.plist.
The problem appeared in stages. At first I could log in but Finder was displayed varying signs of corruptions: sidebar icons absent, the grey bar across the top of the screen not appearing, icons missing from the dock, programs in the dock not starting... A couple of times I managed to log in and found things working fine. But now I can't get in at all - I just see that blue screen for a moment and then get sent back to the login screen.
I wonder whether the some application that's run on start-up is to blame. I looked though com.apple.loginitems.plist for a possible culprit. I saw that it starts iTunesHelper, Kodak Easy Share Wireless Listener, Xmarks for Safari, GrowlHelperApp, and Dropbox. Finding Kodak Easy Share Wireless Listener was a surprise to me - I've uninstalled that. I wonder whether iTunes might be the culprit, as I think I upgraded to a new version of iTunes (9.1.1) shortly before the problems started. But it's hard to tell - I upgraded a number of programs (probably including the OS from 10.6.2) around when these problems began. I would like to try preventing other programs from starting up on log-in, but I don't know how to do that - I don't know how to edit com.apple.loginitems.plist by hand and can't see how to change it through the Accounts page accessed through another user... and anyway just deleting it didn't work. I'm reluctant to uninstall the other applications.
At this point I'm out of ideas and would be grateful for suggestions.

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