Summary: Okay, this is a very strange problem. So I decided to lock all my system prefs so they could not be changed. Anyway, when I went to unlock one of th...
Summary: Well, I purchased an ibook off of e-bay, which has no administrator password. I attempted to boot from my OS X install DVD, however, the machine won'...
Summary: Check this out: after weeks of uptime, i tried to send a mail from Mac Mail (the program that comes with OS X) it wouldn't go. Strange. So i force q...
Summary: Something horrifying just happened on my 10.2.6 mac and I suspect it's related to this... Even though I don't run commonly under an admin account, ...
Summary: My brother and I went in halves on a 1 ghz iMac. After a bit of adjustment we have our personal user's set the way that we like them, my brother dec...
Summary: Login with the admin account and check the box that says "Let user administer this computer". Then login with the other user and uncheck that same b...
Summary: I'm running 10.2.4. Yeah it seems like something is missing here. Not sure if another setting somewhere else is causing this. I just pulled this ou...
Summary: If you have an admin account. bring up termial type "sudo passwd root" it will ask you to verify the admin password and the prompt you to change ro...
Summary: (laptop Mac os9) I created a an admin account and one user account. 3 months later when i opened up the laptop I have forgotten my password. I just go...
Summary: Hi Richard, try to create pop3 accounts on the domino server for the user, who wants to use outlook. if there's no pop3-account it will not work. But...
Summary: Baically a friend of mine owns a company with 3 macs, he had a computer manager who left locking the macs with an admin password. Does anyone know ho...
Summary: every thing is locked, safe mode single user, cd boot, everything is locked up, how can i get past al these locks. i have no install disk and no admin...
Summary: I created a new account, and I want to access a file that's in the admin account. Is there a way to copy files from one user to another? Thanks ...
Summary: Are you trying to install Backup 3 from an administrator account? Try repairing permissions and turning File Vault off if it is active. You could al...
Summary: I have a question about permissions and rights I want to set up two accounts one for admin and one for regular user with some admin rights I know for ...
Summary: Hello, All of our Mac G5 (OS 10.3.9) computers have CS 2 Premium. We install it with the default options, and do not customize any permission. We have...
Summary: I was using IE4.5 on OS9, but could no longer get to my HotMail account, so was recommended to upgrade to IE5.x. No problem. I tried 5.1.4 first. Acce...
Summary: I bought my computer from someone and I keep seeing his name in various places like SYSTEM PREFERENCES > USERS and I'd like to substitute his name wit...
Summary: Hello All, Please excuse my inexperience as a new Mac OS X person as I am in fact a Windows expert. I was just at a client's house today trying to ins...
Summary: You can find telnet apps to download for OS 9, though there is no built-in Terminal.app (or underlying Unix shell to run). To change the root password...
Summary: These answers were totally useless. There is no account with the user name "root" on Mac OS X. I'm having the same problem. The account I am using DO...
Summary: No your not screwed however you will need to download and run one of the following. Winternals boot CD which will allow you to change the Admin Passwo...
Summary: just bought and old Imac g3 from yard sale. I'm a newbie to Mac. Problem is I don't have admin password and no Cd . Iknow i need the OSX cd to reinsta...
Summary: OS X? Use the install DVD to reset the admin password... no DVD..well http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/... this resets OS X to 'believe' it's settin...
Summary: preowned.com seemed like an interesting resource upon browsing the home page. But then you try to view thier parts offerings and are prompted to ca...
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