my solution (to my problem, see above): changed the admin passwd directly in the user table in the database (i copied and pasted one of the crypted user passwd i had generated a few hours ago). note: leaving the passwd field empty in the database did not (and probably should not) work.
having cleared both cookies and cache in ie + firefox (running on xp), accepting all cookies in both browsers i still can’t log in as admin, though i can login as a “normal” user.
i only ran into this today, everything was fine yesterday. but then again i already had been loged in as admin for 2-3 days (since first installing wordpress).
