Hello! How can I restore an iMac 10.6.5 Snow leopard to factory settings?

Hi! How can I restore a iMac 10.6.5 Snow leopard to factory settings?

You can reset the password via Single User Mode or you can completely remove the dslocal database and start over.
If you want to delete the DB and start over (no user data will be deleted), follow these steps:
1:  Boot the machine into Single User Mode (Hold down Command and S keys on boot up)
2:  When you get to the command prompt, mount the file system as writable with this command:
     mount -uw /
3:  Deleting the old Default node...
     rm -R /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default
4:   Copying Default node template...
     cp -R /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default /var/db/dslocal/nodes/
5:  Removing Shadow Hash files... (depends on history of machine)
     rm -R /var/db/shadow/hash/
6:  Removing .AppleSetupDone...
     rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
7:  Reboot the machine with the reboot command
That will present you with the setup assistance and no users on the machine.  Create a new account on the machine.
Reid
Apple Consultants Network
Apple Professional Services
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