While installing why does it ask name and password ?

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While installing why does it ask name and password ?

i was installing itunes as my software of laptop flied away so my itunes dint work so i redownloaded it and now it is asking me name and password which i dont know as i dint recover the mac software ... please help me i cant use my new ipad 3 because of this ...

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Posted on May 9, 2012 5:26 AM

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Limnos

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May 9, 2012 7:03 AM in response to laughoutloud

It is asking the name and password for an administrator on the computer. If you are the only use then likely you are also the administrator and you need to use your log in name and password. OSX does this to prevent non-authorized installtion of software on a computer.

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