[G4] Mac G4 Lost Password

[Alastair W.Hendrie]

Hi Manny,

  A search on Apple Support website produced the following which might 
solve your problem:-

  If you forget your password for your computer, insert the Mac OS X CD 
and restart your computer while holding down the C key on the keyboard. 
When the Installer appears, choose Reset Password from the Installer 
menu and follow the onscreen instructions.

If the previous owner used Filevault and set a master password, then 
without that, I think the only way to use the computer is to start from 
scratch by erasing the hard drive and and install a fresh copy of OS X 
from the dvd.

  Regards,

Alastair.

On 27 Dec 2004, at 18:32, M wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
>  
>
> I’m not an MAC user, but recently a friend approached me with a MAC he 
> inherited from a family member whose got it locked down thru password. 
> It’s a G4 Mac w/OS X (?). I was not able to do anything for him 
> initially so I bought MAC OS X via eBay and attempted to access it 
> No-Way! I thought like MS it would boot fm the dvd, but it didn’t and 
> theres been no progress there.It almost seems that the firmware 
> password protection software fm the APPLE site was installed and I 
> just can’t get past it even following the instructions on that same 
> site.
>
>  
>
> HELP!
>
>  
>
> Manny
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