lblackwolf Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) hi, my son bought a Mac G4 at city auction, but can't get into anything because they left it with an admin password. anyone know how to bypass this? Edited June 21, 2005 by lblackwolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Apparently you will need an install disk in order to reset the Admin password.Here are a couple links that explain the problem:http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q185...r-Password.htmlhttp://www.tech-recipes.com/apple_mac_tips712.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lblackwolf Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Apparently you will need an install disk in order to reset the Admin password.Here are a couple links that explain the problem:http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q185...r-Password.htmlhttp://www.tech-recipes.com/apple_mac_tips712.html<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Fran, I haven't heard from him since I posted this so maybe the library IT people came through with the password. I'll keep these just in case though. BTW, I didn't see a pic of you in ATL, guess maybe you're another of the shy ones. See you over there, thanks again, Logan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 You are very welcome. Hope they are able to provide it, but at least you know there is a way to reset it without actually having to know the existing password as long as you have an install disk.RE: Pic ... Actually, there is a picture of me in my profile....user photo to the right. There are also several pics on my blog (see sig). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lblackwolf Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 You are very welcome. Hope they are able to provide it, but at least you know there is a way to reset it without actually having to know the existing password as long as you have an install disk.RE: Pic ... Actually, there is a picture of me in my profile....user photo to the right. There are also several pics on my blog (see sig). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Right, and I had actually been to your pages and gone through quite a bit of it/them. Sorry, short attention span here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 I hear ya! Sometimes it is hard to remember all we have seen on the Internet.I just didn't think I needed to post my pic directly in ATL because there are ones available here and elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaldar Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 If you do a re-install of the os (or install a newer version) make sure you use the disk utility to format the drive first. More than once at work we've reinstalled osx on a returned machine only to realize after it was done that the old user info is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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