[G4] G3 Log in Issue

[Tony Gamble]

Darn... so much for the easy fix.  The Jaguar boot disk gives you a  
drop-down list of users for whom you can change the password,  
though.  Tried that?

Tony


On 30-Oct-05, at 2:09 PM, s* wrote:

> No, the caps lock is definitely not on.  Thanks though.
>
>
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> Tony Gamble
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 1:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: [G4] G3 Log in Issue
>
> Forgive me if I'm overstating obvious, but my coworkers run into  
> this all
> the time: make sure the caps lock isn't on.
>
> Tony
>
> On 30-Oct-05, at 1:50 PM, s* wrote:
>
>
>> Hi, I am helping a friend of mine fix his G3 333 running OS 10.2.8.
>> Everything was working fine, then suddenly, when the log in window
>> appears, his username and password no longer want to work.  All we  
>> are
>> able to get is the log in window shaking.  Is there any way to bipass
>> or reset the
>> username/password login without having to do an entire reinstall?
>> Any help
>> is greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -s*
>>
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