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User profile for user: tesnus
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Cannot reset password

I can't reset a user password, even though I have been able to change my admin password. When I try to log in to this user account it says I can't log in at this time or words to that effect. I have tried to change it through system preferences and with a disc for 10.2 which I have used to change passwords in the past. I do not have a 10.4 disc. To make matters worse my file vault password is not working; file vault is not activated.

iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), g3 500mhz, 320mb, 80gb hd

Posted on Aug 23, 2011 7:13 PM

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User profile for user: BDAqua
BDAqua
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Aug 23, 2011 9:46 PM in response to tesnus

Ouch, never use an older OSX Disc to try to do anything on a later version of OSX, big troubles that may not even be repairable will occur.


Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), & use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, reboot once more.


PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.


If really desperate you might try this...


Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...


http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/


Admin Hack...


http://www.hackmac.org/?q=node/4


Starts up like the first time you buy a new Mac, but after filling in all that info again, you should have access to the computer and the other Users & files will still be there... give the new User a different name than an existing one.

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Cannot reset password

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