How do I change my password without the install cd?
I need to change the password on my g4 powerbook (os x 10.4.2), but I don't have the install CD. Is there any way to do that? Please help! Thanks!
Welcome to Apple Discussions, hm224.
Do you want to reset OR change the password? If you know what your password is and only want to change it then you can do that from the Accounts section within System Preferences.
However if you cannot remember your password and you don't have the original installer disc then perhaps you can try asking either an Apple Store, an Apple Authorised Service Provider or a PowerBook-owning friend to see if they will help. Otherwise you can purchase a retail copy of OS X Tiger.
2.0GHz MacBook, 15" 1.25GHz/12" 1GHz PBs, 2xPPC Mac minis, 12" iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8) Cube, 2xTAMs, iPod 4G & nano 2G, 1G & 2G iPs, AEBS, AX
Similar Messages
-
changed the password on my 4s and now i'm locked out, how can i change my password without accessing my phone?
just so you all don't think i can't read i tried restoring my phone but it is telling me that it can't restore the phone because it is locked. i'm not entirely sure how i entered a password in twice incorrectly, but go figure. does anyone have anyother ideas other than restoring it?
-
How can I change my password to the Forum?
I have a hard time remembering my password because it was generated. Is there any way I can reset it to something I can remember?
Hmmmm. Tricky question.
To find the answer, I
1) Clicked on the FAQ link (upper right side of my screen);
2) Clicked on the "I have OTN login or password problems. What do I do?" in the FAQ;
3) Clicked on the "How do I change my password?" link in that second FAQ.
and read
How do I change my password?
To change your password, make sure you are logged on and click the "Account" link in the upper right side of the page. This will bring you to the main registration page where there is a "Change Password" link in the upper right side of the page under the "Log out" link.
BUT the 'Account' link does not show up on the Forum. I needed to click on the "Oracle Technology Network" logo in the upper left side to get to the page that shows the Account link.
By the way - this kind of question is best asked in the Community Feedback (No Product Questions) forum found at
http://forums.oracle.com about 1/2 way down the page, center column. -
How do I change my password on the command line?
How does a user change their password on the command line in 10.4? This user is not an admin. I can try "passwd" and it asks for my old password, and then new password. Then it just says "Sorry" and does not change my password.
Thanks!Is the user able to change the password from "System Preferences" > "Accounts" - i.e is the problem specific to the command line? If the user is unable to change their password at all, and the Mini has an Intel processor, they may be affected by the issue described here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304703
Other users have posted here indicating that reinstalling the 10.4.8 update using the "combo" updater as suggested in the article has resolved the issue for them... -
How do I change my password for the apple I.d it was used for purchases without my permission
Need to change my password due to unauthorized use.
This explains how and where to do it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE36 -
Can anyone tell me how to change my password on my ipad to access my email app as now that I have changed my passwords for my email account I cant access my app with my new password and do I need to do this on the computer rather than the ipad?
Go into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars , then tap on the account that you want to change on the right-hand side and if it's an IMAP type account then tap on the Account line at the top and one of the fields that you then get should be Passwords
-
How do you change your password in the new BT Mail
I have 3 email addresses (master and two sub accounts) which I like to change the passwords on from time to time. From within BT Mail I am unable to find an option to change the password. There is a link to Manage your emails which takes you to My BT. When I enter My BT and enter the Manage BT mail I am presented with a list of my emails. One of them shows an option to change password, the other two have option to add to BT ID. I tried adding these to BT ID but get an error message telling me that this can't be done. I then contacted BT support, big mistake, after the support tech took over my machine and subsequently began changing passwords on accounts I lost access to my emal and My BT. I have now got access to all areas again but the passwords on the two sub accounts are the passwords that the tech put in there, hardly secure? Anybody know how to change the passwords if sub accounts are not linked to your BT ID?
Solved!
Go to Solution.It appears flytothemoon found a work around for part of this problem below. I have to say this is another large oversight for BT and their email providing partners. Did anyone actually test the new system before it was rolled out?
-
How do I change my password on the outgoing mail server?
Getting a "Cannot Send Mail. The user name or password for "SMTP:[email protected]@smtp.aol.com" is incorrect" and I can not send any mail messages. The Outgoing mail server data is greyed out so I can not make changes. What do I do?
If you cannot access the SMTP server that way, then you need to remove the account from the phone and add it back again from scratch.
-
HT4798 How to reset my user password without the apple id option?
I forgot my user password to login, and i did not select the option of allowing the apple ID to reset the user password, before forgetting my user password.
What can I do???Reset the password of specific users
An administrator can reset the passwords of other users using this technique.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Users & Groups, click the lock to unlock it and provide an administrator name and password, select a user, and then click Reset Password. -
I changed my password in my iPod about an hour but now i want to change it again and it won't recognize my old password. How do I change my password without them asking for my old password? Also can i change my password from my iPod through iTunes?
On the iPod did you go to Settings>Store and sign out and then sign in with the new password?
-
i want to change my password but the system is not sending me message to reset my password. pls help someone is using my password without my permission and i want to change my password.
If you are talking about your Apple ID password, make sure it IS your apple ID.
In the past 24 hours, I have received two emails "How to reset your Apple ID password". I had not requested any change and I finally realized someone else is trying to reset the password. I have had this Apple ID since 2009 so I am not using someone else's ID.
Again, if you are not receiving the email to reset make sure you have the right ID - it might be going to the email linked to the account, and it might not be yours. -
Hi, how can I change my admin password without the reinstall of MAC OXS disk or whatever that is, I bought my macbook privately and cant update my adobe flash without the password which I have never set up. but anything I type in is wrong...... as a password.
ok have read all relivant posts and have tried the restart command+R which does absolutely nothing. My Computer opens up as usual.
I have found another response which suggests command+S and generate an entirely new admin. and password and you are not supposed to loose a single file.
Has anyone done this and been successful? I have just installed a new hard drive in the last 3 months and don't want to do any damage.
Hearing a success story would be nice. Thanks -
I've forgotten my administrator password and can't download software. can anyone advise how to reset a new password without having the original?
Forgot Your Account Password
For Snow Leopard and earlier
Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
For Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.
Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow
instructions in the dialog window that will appear.
Or see Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password and
OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
If you are unable to boot from an installer DVD:
(these will only work on Leopard or earlier)
1. Boot to Safe Mode by restarting and after the chime press and hold down
the COMMAND-S keys until a black screen with white type appears.
2. At the prompt, type the following commands pressing return after each
command line:
/sbin/fsck -yf
If you do not receive a "Filesystem OK" message then repeat this command
until you do. If after seven tries you still do not receive a "Filesystem OK"
message, then the system is corrupted and needs to be reinstalled.
mount -uw /
cd /private/var/db/netinfo
mv local.nidb local.old
rm ../.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -r now
The second-to-last command above will cause OS X to think that the operating system is newly installed, and when the new owner starts up the computer it will send him/her to the startup wizard where he/she can start a new user without reinstalling.
This last method does not actually change a password. It simply removes the user accounts and lets you create an initial admin account as if the computer were new out of the box.
Reset Admin Password Using The Terminal
You can reset the password by printing out (or writing down) and carefully following these steps.
First, find the short name of the admin user on the machine. The easiest way of doing this is by looking at what the directory is called in the Users folder.
Now, start in Single-user Mode. It should boot into a command line.
Enter these exact lines. Press RETURN after each.
mount -uw /
ifconfig lo0 up
cd /var/db/netinfo
netinfod -s local
Now you'll need that short name. Enter "passwd", a space, and the short name of the admin. For example, if the admin was rather prosaically called "imadmin", you would enter "passwd imadmin".
The computer will now prompt you to change the password for "lmadmin" (or whatever the short name was). Go ahead and enter a new password.
Now, enter:
sync
reboot
and the machine will reboot. The admin password should now be changed. -
how can i use my account without the billing info, as i do not have a credit card. and my shipping and billing info is under US. i'm in singapore. how do i change this?
If you are just visiting Singapore, then leave the account as it is. If you have moved there, then view your account using the iTunes app on a Mac or PC and change the country/region to your current location and address. If you do not have a bank card, you can fund your account using iTunes gift cards if available in Singapore.
-
my phone is damaged and i cant type in my password how do i change my password? help?!
You don't. You get the phone serviced by Apple.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Visualizer options are greyed out
I just realized that the Visualizer Options are greyed out for no apparent reason. I checked both the "iTunes Visualizer" and the "iTunes Classic Visualizer" settings to no avail. Is there a way to activate this feature? I am running iTunes 11.1.0.12
-
My iMac ( Summer 2010 ) internal Hard Drive failing.. It's a Seagate 500GB HDD.
My new iMac ( summer 2010 - July 2010 ) internal Hard Drive is failing.. 1) sometimes the imac can't see the hard drive to boot from.. it would stay in the grey screen .. 2) sometimes the imac boots up after a cold start. but some appli
-
CUCM 8.6.1.2000 - Call History not logging, and no ring tone access.
Hello, A little background: Recently, I setup a UCS C-210 M2 with CUCM 8.6.1 and restored our Pub and Sub to it. Also migrated to from physical Unity to Virtual CUC, same with Presence. I've also setup a 2nd CUCM Sub, as well as new CUC and CUP subs
-
Exporting to fixed length text using Crystal Enterprise 10
Post Author: adamsueryan CA Forum: Deployment I would like to know if it is possible to export from Crystal Enterprise 10 to a fixed length text file similar to the text exporting option using Crystal Reports 8.5. From Enterprise 10 I see you can ex
-
File could not be deleted because it could not be found
OS 9.2.2, Pismo, and a strange error. I have moved these files to the trash, but I can't delete them! When I try to delete them, the OS spits up this error: <filename> could not be deleted, because it could not be found. Yet, it's right there in the