Cannot access the site after changing admin password - drupal

I have drupal 7 site hosted on bluehost.
After I changed the admin password, I got an error. I then tried to access the site, and I was able to do that, but it was very slow.
Now, I can't access the site as an administrator. It becomes even more weird: If I delete all history and cookies from the server, I can access the site; I can also login as an authenticated user.
When I try to log in as administrator, I get a white page or a "500 internal server" error. (It depends on the browser; I tried Chrome, FF and IE.) After I do that, I cannot access the site even as guest or authenticated user; only when I delete all the history and cookies, I can access the site as guest or authenticated user.
How can I fix this?
This is the error log the bluehost Representative gave me:
[15-Apr-2014 14:48:49 Europe/Helsinki] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function intel_path_filter_type_to_arg() in public_html/includes/menu.inc on line 814
Is it possiable this module has something to do with the issue? https://drupal.org/project/intel
I think I disable the google analytic api module. Maybe the problem is related to one of the Drupal SEO modules?
I am really not sure, and cannot connect my site..
Yesterday the site worked great! Restoring the site to yesterdays backup did not help - this is the weirdest thing!
Update: The problem was related to one of the two below (or both):
the error from the intel module
the session cache / cache
Now the site is working good, and the intelligence module is active. The weird thing that restoring the database did not fix the issue.
I am afraid to change the password again or disable the intel module. Do you think it can cause issues again?
Please help

Try to disable Drupal SEO module via database:
UPDATE system SET status='0' WHERE name='seotools';
Disable this module if you have it: https://drupal.org/project/intel
Regards.

All the information you need is in this link: https://drupal.org/node/1023428
Just use ./scripts/password-hash.sh newpwd from your drupal root directory to generate a new hashed password and introduce this in the database using the following query
UPDATE users SET pass
='[HASHED PASSWORD]' WHERE uid = 1;
Good luck!

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