I have tried to reset the password by installing the snow leopard disk I have (meant to work for 5 licenses and only installed on my own Imac)but everytime I try to install and go to utilties the install program asks for my user name and adminstrator password which I dont have.The original owners have moved to Canada and I do not have their phone number.
The problem is that I do not know the administrators password. Rm /Var/Db/.Applesetupdone No Longer Working Software Without AI am unable to make changes on the computer or add software without a password. How do I get a new password when I dont even know the existing one. If you dont have this disk, then your best bet is to buy a copy of Mac OS X, even though you already have the OS installed on your computer (you could try calling Apple (800 SOS-APPL) and asking for a replacement boot disk too). One smart way to accomplish this: look for Mac OS X on eBay. You might also ask yourself if you need to run Tiger, or whether Panther would work for you itd be a lot cheaper. Once you have an install disk in hand, double click on the Install Mac OS icon and youll get a window with a big graphic (this is one place where Apple isnt subtle) and a restart button. Click on it, and your PowerBook will restart and go straight to the install process. But dont install the OS again Just click through windows far enough until you get the regular set of choices on the menu bar. One of those menus is Utilities and one of the choices on that menu is Reset Password. Rm /Var/Db/.Applesetupdone No Longer Working How To Get AId show this menu as a screenshot here, but cant figure out how to get a screenshot of the install process. Sorry Anyway, using this tool, youll be able to change your password to something you know. Then choose Quit from the Installer menu and when your computer restarts, youll now know the admin password. Not too hard. One important note here for anyone with a Mac: your admin password is only of limited security because anyone with an OS install disk can restart off their disk and reset your password without knowing your existing password. ![]() My friend helped me to reset the password using the single user mode method. Here are the instructions that I followed. Reboot. hold command S. At the command prompt type: mount -uw rm vardb.applesetupdone I cannot remember the last line but after all this rebooted the computer again. All of the files previously on my desktop are gone Looking in the finder window, my image files are also missing. When I go to Macintosh HD and go to Users, my old user account is there with all of my old files. They have a red icon next to them and in the permissions it says that there is no access. Is there any way to retrieve my old files or are they forever gone I would really appreciate it if any of you macdaddies out there could help a girl out. ![]()
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