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New User Help???
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Anybody tell me how to remove the previous name on my lapttop.
Just bought it of ebay and i cannot get into it also asking for a password.
Any help appreciated,i have no manual or discs for it. 
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Seattle
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Did he/she provide you with the OS X disk? If so, reformat your hard drive and reload your operating system.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Colorado Springs
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Not quite sure what you are asking.
If you are saying you don't know the admin password on your mac, I'm not sure if there is anything you can do.
On the Windows NT/2k/XP boxes I administer at work, I could unlock the admin password using any number of utilties out there on the web.
on any *nix system, like OSX, you're SOL, get some OS X install discs.
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iMac 27" Quad i5 | PMG4 2x867 (RhythmScore test server) | iPhone4
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Originally posted by Back up 15 and punt:
Did he/she provide you with the OS X disk? If so, reformat your hard drive and reload your operating system.
No nothing...been looking on ebay for a disc of some type.
Thanks for replying..
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally posted by jcadam:
Not quite sure what you are asking.
If you are saying you don't know the admin password on your mac, I'm not sure if there is anything you can do.
On the Windows NT/2k/XP boxes I administer at work, I could unlock the admin password using any number of utilties out there on the web.
on any *nix system, like OSX, you're SOL, get some OS X install discs.
When i start it up it comes up with his name and askes for a P/W???
Thanks for replying..
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: The Swamp
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As others have said, I don't think you can reset the password without getting an OS X disk to boot off of.
You can't e-mail the person you bought the computer from for the password?
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12" PB 1 GHz Combo, 60GB, 512MB, AE
40GB iPod
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Seattle
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Originally posted by newmacuser:
No nothing...been looking on ebay for a disc of some type.
Thanks for replying..
When you bought this unit off of ebay did they provide you with an email address that you could communicate with them. If they did ask them for the password and the original disk.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Canada
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fady :-)
proud owner of a MacPro.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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newmacuser, you're going need to pick up OS X Install CDs. It would be a good idea to have the newest version of Panther, Mac OS X v10.3.2, which can be purchased online from the Apple Store You could get it from any number of Apple resellers online or from retail locations. Put disc 1 in the drive and restart the iBook or PB while holding down the "C" key on the keyboard. If you don't want to wait for the lengthy installation process, there should be an option in one of the menus that will allow you to change the administrator password. It's best to reinstall the OS, however.
(Last edited by Big Mac; Feb 15, 2004 at 06:46 PM.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Nashville, TN
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yep, there is the password reset in the apple menu when you're booting off disc 1
make it so.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Switzerland
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Originally posted by Big Mac:
newmacuser, you're going need to pick up OS X Install CDs. It would be a good idea to have the newest version of Panther, Mac OS X v10.3.2, which can be purchased online from the Apple Store You could get it from any number of Apple resellers online or from retail locations. Put disc 1 in the drive and restart the iBook or PB while holding down the "C" key on the keyboard. If you don't want to wait for the lengthy installation process, there should be an option in one of the menus that will allow you to change the administrator password. It's best to reinstall the OS, however.
What he said.
Boot off the CD, and in one of the menus there is an option to reset the password.
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