Why doesn't my account use the Mavericks unlock screen?

I have a 2007 MacBook Pro. I have upgraded it through every version of OS X released since I purchased it, currently running Mavericks. I noticed on Lion that my user account does not use the new screensaver unlock dialog - the lock screen has not changed. Any new account I create on my computer uses the new lock screen dialog. Just not my account. I've asked on StackExchange, no answers. I've tried every option in System Preferences related to lock screen or screensaver. I've tried deleting every plist I could find that seemed remotely related. No luck. When my screensaver is triggered, the password dialog I see is this:
This is a direct screen capture of my lock screen. My user account name is automatically filled in (grayed out here). This is not supposed to be the way it works. Every other Lion+ machine we have in our lab group shows user icon and a password field, NOT what I see above. The screen I see when first starting the computer is correct - list of users, with icons and password fields. The issue I am reporting has NOTHING to do with the main login screen, just the screensaver unlock dialog. This is relatively minor, but it is driving me absolutely batty: Why does my account, and my account ONLY, display this behavior?

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