CAN'T OPEN ACCOUNTS IN THE SYSTEM PREFERENCES, CAN'T OPEN ACCOUNTS IN THE SYSTEM PREFERENCES
i deleted the accounts on the ibook to create a new one for my parenst, but now i cant entern neither one of them, and they are not available fo clicking can someone help??? please!
Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You can try pressing the Command + s key during startup. This takes you to Single User Mode, where you will see a command line.
Type this when the command-line prompt (>) appears:
mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now
When the iBook restarts, you will see the setup screen. This allows you to create a new account. BE SURE to give the new account administrative privileges. You can now use this new account and set it to log in automatically with this new account if you don't want to be bothered with the login screen every time you start up.
Good luck!
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