Comment 20 for bug 436188

I've tried all the workarounds listed above with no success. I've also tried something I found in another thread (below)

I subsequently discovered that the original user can be fixed by deleting these directories in /home/original-user
.dbus
.gconf
.gconfd
.gnome2
.gnome2_private

The only workaround I've found so far is to dump the existing user account and create a new user. Are there any other workaround(s) I can try?