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I am trying to fix my sister's iMac G5 which has been acting very funky.
It has a small hard drive with a lot of "stuff" on it. I have been transferring this "stuff" to an external hard drive.
The problem is that you can't "move" "stuff," you have to transfer it and then delete it.
To delete anything requires an Administrator's password. The trouble with that is that the computer took it upon itself (with no intervention) to automatically switch ALL accounts to Standard, non-administrator accounts.
I discovered this when it would ask me for any Administrator's password and it would reject it.
I checked Accounts in System Preferences and EVERY account is a Standard non-administrator account!
I didn't have a hand in this!
I need to get some things off her hard drive to make room for a re-install of Leopard, but without an Administrator account, I can't delete anything!
And to get an Administrator account you are asked to unlock the padlock icon with an Administrator's password!
ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! (As they say in the comics).
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.
Mike Donahue
(working on my sister's iMac G5 with multiple accounts, but only a puny 80GB hard drive).
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Maybe this article will help
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1278

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