[HM] Password help & Jaguar

[Thom Holland]

Jack,

You can reload the OS without writing over the data files.  I forget
what it is called, but you get the option when you select the way it is
to be installed.

Jack Honeycutt wrote:

>Hello....
>
>My girlfriend got a G4 from her X husband in her divorce.  She she asked me 
>to hook up & get running for her.
>When I boot, I get a screen that says the name of her X husband, and then 
>it asks for  a password.  Needless to say, he says he has "forgotten" it.
>
>I know in PCs, you can sometimes remove a jumper on the motherboard to 
>reset the password.  I don't know how it  works in Jaguar or Apples.  I 
>would like to tell you which version of  Jaguar it has running, but I can't 
>get pass the password screen.
>
>Short of booting to her original jaguar disks, and loading OSX again, do I 
>have any way to get to the desktop?  She has files she would like to keep 
>if I can save them for her.
>
>Any advice appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Jack in Portland Oregon
>
>
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-- 
Thom Holland

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