Sunday, December 4, 2011

Is there any other way to change the administrative password without the original Password on a mac OS comp?

i think the man who installed the computer mispelled the password i gave him. I have tried vigorously to find it threw misspellings but it is just not working. This limits the use i have to the computer. ANy suggestions welcome. THankyou|||Follow these steps to reset a password :





1) Start up from a Mac OS X Install CD (one whose version is closest the the version of Mac OS X installed). You should first disable Open Firmware password protection, if it is enabled. Hold the C key as the computer starts.





2) Choose Reset Password from the Installer menu (or Utilities menu in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger). Tip: If you don't see this menu or menu choice, you're probably not started from the CD yet.





3) Select your Mac OS X hard disk volume.





4) Set the user name of your original administrator account.


Important: Do not select "System Administrator (root)". This is actually a reference to the root user. Do not confuse it with a normal administrator account.





5) Enter a new password.





6) Click Save.|||I could think of a few more things to throw at him!





But you can reboot from the original OS X install DVD while holding down the C key..





Don't re-install... but in the menu there is an option to reset the administrative password

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