Very strange login problem - won't accept known good password

I have brought an old powerbook G4 back to life, mostly to run old apps that dont run on the current system.
I did a clean install of Tiger (10.4). It worked fine, but did nto support some security protocols for secure web pages and email access, so i decided to upgrade to 10.5 (Leopard). It did so successfully. so i thought.
Got to login screen. Correct machine network name.  Correct user ID (me). Put in password.  Long delay, screen "shakes head". This occured many times. Caps lock is not on. Password is correct.
So, you say" it probably wasnt".  OK, i put in the original 10.5 DVD and rest the password. Tried again. No go, same problem.
Called Apple. They have no clue.  said re-install 10.5, something in login corrupted.  So i did.  Booted up - c'est le meme chose.
Can anyone think of what's up?  and in fact, since it was set ( in tiger) automatically boot, why its even asking for login credentials?  I suspect the two may be linked.
TIA,
Grant

OK, update ( sometimes people being late is ok).
That worked, mostly.
I ran the filesystem check, looked ok.
Next command i do not understand, btu it did the trick.
removed .applesetupdone and checked it was gone.
rebooted
made new admin account
logged in
old admin account was GONE, but home directory was there
recreated and linked to home directory.
reboot
seems ok
ran software update - claimed i dont have privileges to save the file - -seems to be updating anyway, we shall see.  More oddity.
Will reboot next week. Gotta go.
Many thanks, btu this is a work-in-progress
OOOPS!!! Kernel panic while updating. Leaving dodge. Speak next week.
Grant

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