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How can I reset the admin password on MacOS 9?Please help me! someone has shut me out from my own apple Mac laptop! They have taken the admin privilages and set-up a guest account for me! I use MacOS 9. I was all set to give you advice on how to reset your administrative password on a Mac OS X system when I realized with a bit of a sinking feeling that you're on the older OS and that I no longer have any computers that are still running MacOS 9. Instead, I tried digging around online to find some troubleshooting help for the older OS, starting with Apple's support knowledgebase. One match that might help you find your answer is Setup and Management of Multiple Users on MacOS 9, which talks about the Multiple Users control panel. But that's not exactly what you seek, because you won't be able to use this if you're not the administrator. The next possibility? Reinstalling MacOS 9, though that's obviously not the first choice. Hmm... digging back in my memory: what happens when you reboot the computer? Don't you automatically get logged in as the administrative user anyway? If not, what would happen if you rebooted off a utilities disk like Norton Utilities? I think I'm still mired in the world of Mac OS X and its much more sophisticated user model, but MacOS 9 can't really have you shut out, as I recall. So that's what I'd try. If it doesn't solve the problem, please detail exactly what does happen when you restart the system. Good luck!
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Tagged: apple, macos 9, password security Previous: How do I increment IP addresses in a shell script? Next: Can't pair bluetooth headset with Motorola RAZR phone? Reader Comments To Date: 6mario said, on January 24, 2007 10:49 PM:
HI I JUST GOT A OLD ibook on a garage sale, but it comes just whit the ac power cord, so i dont have any cd's or administrator password, is a g3 muneer said, on May 18, 2007 7:10 PM:
hi,i bought a second hand apple ibook from my friend who is no more alive.i fiddled with the security settings and now its asking me for the administrative password which i dont know,above that i dont even have the disk to install the operating system.please please please help me. MAC OS 9.1 there is a reset hole but that does not work when i keep on pressing that. Muneer
Diana said, on September 10, 2008 12:55 AM:
how do i reset the admin password for my mac os x 9.1 i mac i have been locked out what do i do. Also my high speed internet is very slow what do i do to make it faster please help me Hector said, on August 15, 2009 6:31 PM:
I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS 9 to solve this trouble but my powerpc 6500 don't start from CDROM. lolito bacali said, on March 7, 2010 5:47 AM:
can you help me to fined my password of my laptop namely LOLITO BACALI _PC
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I used to use this method:
Boot from a CD or other bootable disk.
Go to System Folder > Preferences folder.
Delete the Multiple Users preferences file.
Reboot.
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