How do you get around password protection?

i recently bought an apple graphite g4 tower running O.S. X.
i got home and set it up, but it won't let me update anything.
anybody know how to get around the password protection?

Dorian,
As stated by reese, if you boot off of the install disk you will have options to do things that are not available when running the system.
Apple includes on the install disk a utility for your hard drive that does not come on Windows install disks (AFAIK). You can do repairs on the hard drive, erase and reformat it, partition it, etc..
There is also (under File on the top menu bar) a little utility for changing the password.
The only issue that you may run into is that if the install disk is not a retail/universal, the rom files for booting your particular computer may not be on the disk. This is likely if the install disk you are trying to use is from an imac or ibook.
As for getting around password protection, I suppose it is possible. But the National Security Administration considers the mac, with its password protection schemes, to be one of the more secure systems on the market. It is one of the reasons that the install disks have that little utility for resetting the password.
One last thing. The password reset does depend on the system files to be in order. If the directory was messed up the password reset may not proceed. I have had that happen some time ago.

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