Why do I see a flag on my login screen?

More importantly, how do I get rid of it? I have only recently seen this after about a year and a half with my powerbook. When I login when the flag is on the login screen my mac is not my mac, it's got different podcasts in itunes, the apps in the dock are in a different order etc... Help!
thx

When teh flag is displayed, you're still capable of
logging in with your OWN username/password? Or do you
have that set to log you in automatically
When you do get logged in, what details do you see
and the Accounts section of SystemPreferences?
ANything familiar?
And you have NO idea who might have used your Mac and
changed certain preferences? (kids, girlfriend,
boyfriend, roommates?)
The podcasts are totally alien? Nothing familiar?
When I the flag shows up on my login screen and I login with my user name and password it's as if I'm logging onto my mac mid-december 2006. It's my mac, no doubt but iTunes doesn't show any of the disks I've imported since then and dock icons are not in the right place. When I reboot and I don't see the flag everything is fine and up to date.
I tried setting my preferences to automatically log in as me and it appears to have worked. I'm still confounded as to what's going on in the first place however.

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