A friend has a G5 and has forgotten the password.

How can we get in without it? We've tried just about every password combo she could think of, but she got it from another friend.

If you know which version of Mac OS X she has installed, find the install disks for that version, and if you boot off the CD (Hold down C at startup), within the installer there is an option to reset the administrator password. If her account is not the administrator account, it can be reset from within the administrator account using the Accounts pane in System Preferences.

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