Start with the "C" key pressed. Then you'll get OS X. Then under the apple (top left) your able to reset/give a new password. Paul Moortgat On 27 Dec 2004, at 19:32, 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 > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1472 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g4/attachments/20041230/641221e8/attachment.bin