re-purposed corporate Macbook Pro showing apps in updates from previous user even after a fresh install of Yosemite

Reinstalling the OS does not erase the startup volume. That's what you need to do. If you have done it, and you haven't signed back in to the App Store with the former user's Apple ID, then what you describe can't happen.

Search "This Mac" in Spotlight for copies of the Server app. There could be one on a secondary volume, or a network volume.

i sent a reply to LINC DAVIS but not even sure if I did that correctly. Hoping to get in touch with you to help me with an issue. Don't mind posting it thru this board but I am not sure how to do it without throwing all my business out there. Did you get my message? How would even know?

I am going to just stay posted on this question and wait for a response so maybe you can walk me through it.

And to NEAL860:

I am so sorry for busting into your post like this. I have no idea on how to contact Linc Davis another way. I know it's rude and i do so very much apologize. But I am desperate for help......as we all are. Again, my

sincere apologies.

drea70 wrote:

And to NEAL860:

I am so sorry for busting into your post like this. I have no idea on how to contact Linc Davis another way. I know it's rude and i do so very much apologize. But I am desperate for help......as we all are. Again, my

sincere apologies.

Why don't you start your own post rather than 'busting' in on someone else? You're desperation should not interfere with others issues.

like i said i don't know how to do it. not all of us are as wise on the computer as you perhaps. can you tell me how to do it? this is a teaching forum, correct? i wouldn't be here if i wasn't lost!

Go to the relevant forum and enter your title, post it and fill in the rest. Same as you did here, but in your thread rather than this one.

can you please tell me how to get to the "relevant forum"? There are no tabs at the top of this page that say "forum" or "topic" or anything of the like. again i do apologize. i just don't know how to use this site. is there a tutorial i should read first so i don't get other expert help me asker's like yourself angry? that is absolutely not my intention here.

nevermind Csound, believe it or not, I figured it out. I see you are at level 8. never forget that you weren't born there. there was a time....long, long ago..... when you wuz as dum as i be. thanks for your help!

At the top of each page is what we call breadcrumbs;

Those are clickable links that can lead backwards out of a forum to the list of available forums. Go to the Apple Support Communities level and choose the topic for your issue, whether an Apple device or an operating system or even an Apple app. Enter your chosen forum and start a new topic where you can explain your issue in detail and the solutions you've tried to solve your own problem.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Was just getting ready to give up on this site cuz i thought i was going to get everyone angry by asking. You're a doll!!!!