[G4] Changing ownership of a used Mac

[Thom Holland]

Brooks,

Thanks.  That worked, mostly.  But I cannot delete the previous user.  I 
did '2)' as you suggested, but the user remains.  I logged out as the 
user, logged back in as myself, selected the user and then 'Delete 
User...'.  A window appears and asks if I want to delete that user, I 
select 'OK', an action bar appears, rebooted, but the user remains. 
Curious.  any suggestions?

Thom

Brooks Graham wrote:
> 1)  Create a user for yourself - make sure it has administrator privileges
>     System Preferences -> Accounts -> New User ...
> 
> 2)  Delete the previous user
>     System Preferences -> Accounts -> Delete User ...
> 
> 3)  Change the name of the system
>     System Preferences -> Sharing
> 
> HTH
> 
> -brooks
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 26, 2003, at 6:56 PM, Thom Holland wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just bought a used Mac and I want to delete the previous user, and 
>> change the name of the machine.  Is there a way to do that without 
>> doing a complete clean install?
>>
>> System:
>>
>> Dual MDd 1 Ghz
>> 10.2.8
>>
>> Thom Holland
> 
> 
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