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By: Mr Ingram

Mr Ingram — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:41:58 +0000

Hey! Had the same problem as you sixpack.. Just wanted to say thanx to Roger too as I was in a bit of a muddle as well! Hopefully I can get to the bottom of things now……Yippee!..There is an (Apple)God! Regards

By: Roger Saner

Roger Saner — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:55:22 +0000

Glad you got it sorted If you ever forget your password and get locked out of your computer, just boot off your install disk and then instead of clicking “Install” click on the menu at the top – one of the options is “Reset OS X” password. You’ll get locked out of your Login keychain items (things like passwords for sites in Safari, network server passwords, etc – nothing you can’t find again) but you’ll get access to your Mac again.

By: sixpack

sixpack — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:48:45 +0000

Thanks for the reply. It was my “short name”, I guess, that I changed. I was able to log on as “root” with the override password that thankfully, I had set earlier. I think I can finish fixing that mess now, but thank you for the quick response—I was really in a tizzy, not knowing what I did or how to fix it!

Thanks

By: Roger Saner

Roger Saner — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:41:39 +0000

Changing the name of your main disk shouldn’t affect logging in…so that’s pretty weird. You don’t necessarily need to buy the OS X disks (although Leopard is about to be released so that might be a good idea! You’ll be the envy of everyone in the neighbourhood!). Otherwise find another Mac user, borrow their disks, boot off them (hold down “C” while booting) and do an “archive and install” – it’ll preserve all of your old user settings and make your laptop usable again.

By: sixpack

sixpack — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:08:25 +0000

I just need help from an “alternative” source. I got my first mac used (powerbook G4 with OS X), w/o any disks. I was trying to change old data to my new ownership data, so I changed the name of my main disk. (bear with me, I’m a windows person) whatever I did stops me from logging in. Even my “override” password that I created and used successfully before that wouldn’t get me in anymore. Can’t say I used it right, I know nothing about mac, but I’ve hacked XP pro a time or two…

I just want to use my own laptop again. Can anybody tell me what I can try so I don’t have to go buy an OS X disk and do a clean reinstall?

By: shump

shump — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:40:42 +0000

And…if you hold down the shift key as you login you login without activating any ’startup’ items.