As far as I can tell, the Archive and Install just copied your problems over.
Your primary account is seriously messed up, it would appear to me. At this point, I'd stop wasting time nibbling around the edges and just get on with the nuclear option - IF your Silverkeeper backup has all your documents and mail and everything else you wouldn't want to lose. Make sure you have all serial numbers for software/shareware. Is your Silverkeeper backup bootable? If so, follow the directions starting on page 40 of the Silverkeeper manual:
http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/SilverKeeperV2.0.2Help.pdfIf it's not a bootable backup, you'll have to reinstall the OS, any applications requiring an installer and then you can copy applications not requiring installers (drag and drop type installs) and all of your documents, mail etc. However, since you state that the Silverkeeper backup has none of the problems of the main startup drive, then I think it's probable that your backup is bootable or how else could you have tested it?
I haven't used Silverkeeper, and it's unclear to me whether the cloning operation which is so straightforward in SuperDuper is available in Silverkeeper - it appears from the directions that you actually use Disk Utility with your Silverkeeper backup to restore. Either that, or their instructions just aren't clear. Or I still haven't had my morning tea.
I always advise people to use SuperDuper - it's very clear what you're doing and how to do it. I've never even had to read the manual for it! Something to consider perhaps, if you find the restore operation at all complicated.
