on the latest upgrade, Monterey System Passwords

ok it is about to get weird.

I am the only registered user on the computer. I shut it down and opened it back up in safe mode. My two external monitors were not working. so I shut it down and again and restarted it. once I did that I was able to use my password to make changes in the system preferences section. THis is odd since I did shut down and restart it several times prior. Just never in safe mode.

So basically this fixed the problem.

Thank you!

That is correct.

When I start my computer I am asked for a password. My password works at this point. When I open the system preferences and select an item that I wish to change and I click on the locked padlock and I put in my password the box just shakes and I am told my password is wrong. I did not have this problem prior to upgrading to Monterey. I can't make any changes because of this. I even tried to change my password. It accepted this same password as my old password and let me change it. When I try to use this new or old password the box just shakes and nothing happens.

FYI my password was not blank. I am beginning not to like Monterey. between the password issues and the latency on processing I wish I never upgraded.

Good to know. Thank you!!