Thanks esmi.
I assume that you meant that if I renamed my current theme’s folder to something else (anything else), that WP would default to Twenty Ten as the theme. Otherwise I am not sure how to make Twenty Ten my theme, since I cannot log in to wp-admin. So … I did rename my current theme’s folder. (The theme was Enterprise, so I named the folder enterprisebak.)
I also followed the instructions for resetting my plugins folder, up to the point where it said to log in to my wp-admin (which I cannot do).
These did not solve my problem, so now I will try the manual upgrade. I assume this means finding the WP 3.1 distribution file and using FTP to deploy it in my WP directory. Will my database with all my old content be protected if I do this?
Thanks again.