Yeah, I've done pretty extensive searching for an answer and found answers relating to Livescribe, but my dad doesn't have that program. We've also deleted the login plist, hoping that might reset it, and it didn't.
I guess the appearance of "Other..." originally occurred when he migrated to his new MacBook in early 2009, and he went to the "enter user name and password" option when it annoyed him. Now he's annoyed that he can't just have the one account showing like it should.
He's now on Mountain Lion, and that doesn't have the file mentioned in the 2006 discussion.
This can't be an one-off occurence.