How important is it to set an administrative password on my MacBook?

My administrative password for my MacBook has been blank since I bought it. How important is it to set an administrative password on my MacBook?

If you are the only one to use the MacBook you don't really need an administrative password. The main use for it is to stop other users from accessing and making changes on the Macbook.

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HT1904 How do you set an administrator password?

How do you set an administrator password?

Changing or resetting an account password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274?viewlocale=en_US
Changing your administrator password
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh655.html
You should update to 10.4.11 as well.

How do I set an administrative password?

How do I set an administrative password?

Judy,
from your administrative login, select the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences, and click the “Change Password…” button.

Setting the Administrator password on a MDT Server Task Sequence

I've created a SCCM 2012 R2 CU3 MDT 2013 task sequence using the Server Task Sequence template to deploy Windows Server 2012 R2. I'm not doing a capture but just using the .wim file from the source DVD. The problem I'm having is setting the local admin
password in Apply Windows Settings. It's not taking the password that I've assigned it. I'm not sure how many others have created a Server Task Sequence or not but I'd be interested to know how to get around this problem.

Sorry, in Apply Windows Settings I've selected "Enable the account and specify the local administrator password" and entered the local password there. When the system is imaged and I try to log in locally it gives the the error "The user name
or password is incorrect. Try again." error.
I have checked that the local administrator account is enabled so I know it's not that and I've tried multiple times. I even took one of our client task sequences that I know works, made a copy of it, and added the Server 2012 R2 install to it and get the
same result.

How to Reset Windows 2008/R2 Domain Administrator Password

How to Reset Windows Server 2008/R2 Domain Administrator password if forgot or lost it?
It is annoying and bad to forget a Windows Server 2008/r2 Domain administrator login password. It is troublesome unless you have that Windows Server 2008/r2 password reset disk. We can still find several tricks to reset Windows Server Domain password but they require a mass of operations and waste a lot of time. For example, you can reset Windows Server 2008/R2 domain administrator password with an installation disk but it requires you to type a mass of command line. So today I want to share everyone an omnipotent method to reset Windows Server 2008/R2 Domain/local administrator password. You need the following 3 things.
An accessible PC.
A USB/CD/DVD flash drive.
The Windows password reset tool Daossoft Windows Password Rescuer.
Then it requires 4 steps as below:
Step 1: Download and install Daossoft Windows Password Rescuer into that accessible computer.
Step 2: Burn it to the flash drive.
Step 3: Boot your Windows Server computer from the flash drive.
Step 4: Follow its instruction and click “Reset Password” button to reset your Windows 2008/R2 Domain/Local administrator password.
More details in this video: Windows Server 2008 R2 Password Reset - Reset Domain or Local Password.

It wasn't difficult to reset the domain password and I think Microsoft's policy of not providing an easy forward way is to create an
illusion of security which is not there. Linux systems that are much more secure that MSFT software allow easy password reset when physical access is there so why not include the same tools in System Repair tools or using F8?
Anyhow, this guide helped me reset the password in 5 minutes. Read the bottom of it to find the scripted / automatic version of the process:
http://www.petri.co.il/reset_domain_admin_password_in_windows_server_2003_ad.htm
Thanks,

How to reset windows 2008 R2 Local Administrator password

Hi Team,
I have forget windows 2008 R2 local admin password, the server is not in domain , is it any way to reset local administrator password.
Regards,
Triyambak
Regards, Triyambak

When your Windows Server 2008 R2 computer is still accessible, you can reset or change your administrator password with ease by the following steps.
Step 1: Log in your Windows Server 2008 R2 computer through the administrator account.
Step 2: Click on “Start” on the lower left corner of your screen, and hit “Control Panel”, and then doubt-click on "User Account".
Step 3: Choose “Make changes to your user account”, and then click on “Change your password”.
Step 4: Now you will be asked to enter your current password, type in it.
Step 5: Enter your new password and retype it to confirm your new password. You are optional to type in a word or phrase as the hint of the new password. It is highly recommended.
Another tip, Using a password recovery tool to recover WIndows server 2008 administrator password
This is a universal WIndows password recovery method which can fix any Windows system password issue.
1. Get Windows Password Rescuer and install it on another computer.
2. Burn password reset disk into USB or CD/DVD device with Windows password recovery.
3. Boot Windows server from password reset USB or CD disk
4. Reset forgotten Windows server 2008 local or domain admin password without data loss.
Detailed steps: http://www.wimware.com/how-to/reset-windows-server-2008-password.html
I also have seen a way that users can use a Windows server 2008 install CD to reset the administrator password, you could search and have a try.

How can I find my user name password as I only remember the administrator password for the MacBook?

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If you have only one account, then your admin password is your user password. If you use another account that is not an admin account, then log into your admin account from which you can change the password on your user account.
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How do I download photoshop without an administrator password

Is there a way to download photoshop cs6 without an administrator password?

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I can't set my administrative password

Please assist me in resetting my administrative password, I do not have my original disc.

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4397-macos-change-the-admin-password-no-installation-d isk . In the article it mentions the "apple" key. This is referring to the "command" key.

I have never set a firmware password on my macbook pro, but when I hold down option to boot from a different drive, I get a lock, and have no idea what the password is..?

I have never set a firmware password on mymacbook pro, but when I hold down option to boot from a different drive, I geta lock, and have no idea what the password is, i am the first owner of my mac so its impossible that someone else has set the password, i have only noticed this becuae i made a bootcamp partition and installed windows onto the machine, after the installation... i shut down the comptuer and continued to use os x, days later i tried to boot into the boot camp partition again by holding down the option key on boot, but i got a window asking me for a firmware password that i have no idea of! please help me!
will

Hi macbookprowilliam, I have the SAME problem, that grey lock just appeared trolling me. I dunno the password and I wan't to sell this macbook! I need the password. Maybe it's a new malware! I don't even know how to set a firmware password and I am the only user on this computer too! I have a thread about that too: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3926399?start=0&tstart=0
So, did you fix it or got around it? Please reply! I am desperate.
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Reset Administrator password on my Macbook Air

Can anyone help me? I don't have the administrator access on my Macbook Air, 10.6.8 Snow Leopard! It was given to me by my father-in-law because he never used it and now he can't remember the password. I don't care if anything he put on there is lost, but I need to be able to have administrator access. Help!

Determine if the following method will work for you:
Shut down your Mac and turn it back on while holding down the ⌘ and S keys at the same time until your see a black screen with white text. This is known as Single User mode.
You can skip the next step, but it is recommended that you do not because it will check your boot volume for errors and correct what it can:At the :/ root# prompt, type fsck -fy and press Return or Enter. It will take a few moments to complete. If you are concerned that nothing is happening just press the Return key until you see the :/ root# prompt again. Once the disk check is complete and the prompt returns, type mount -uw / and press Return / Enter.
Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist and press Enter. If you get an error message you may ignore it.
Type ls /Users and press Enter. All of the usernames on the computer will be listed, which is helpful if you don’t know or remember what these are.
Type dscl . passwd /Users/username password while replacing username with one of the users displayed in the previous step and replacing password with the new password of your choice. Press Enter. You will likely get an error message about a file or directory not being found. You may ignore this.
Type reboot and press Enter.

How to up the timeout setting to solve password reset portal error "Authentication gate timed out waiting for a challenge response"?

Hi Everyone,
We have the password portal up and running on one box and another server with FIM R2 and SharePoint 2010. All is good with the exception that our end users typically get distracted during the password registration and/or reset process and receive:
"An error has occurred. Please try again, and if the problem persists, contact your help desk or system administrator. (Error 3000) ". The timeout kicks in after 5 minutes of inactivity in the browser.
The FIM Service log shows the following:
"Authentication gate timed out waiting for a challenge response".
I have confirmed that the default password portal web.config setting is <add key="SessionTimeoutInMinutes" value="20" />.
We have also updated Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Service.exe.config per this
article to the following but with no luck:
<resourceManagementClient resourceManagementServiceBaseAddress="myAddress" timeoutInMilliseconds="600000" />
<resourceManagementService externalHostName="myHost" dataReadTimeoutInSeconds="600" dataWriteTimeoutInSeconds="600"/>
We did not update the Windows SharePoint Servicesweb.config setting per the article about since we are on SharePoint 2010.
There is no NLB or firewall in front on this server.
If anyone has any solution to how to solve this on FIM R2/SharePoint 2010 please let me know.
Cheers!

FIM_Admin,
You could try changing the receiveTimeoutInSeconds parameter of the resourceManagementService node in your Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Service.exe.config file. However, you are warned not to do this unless instructed to by MS customer support.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee652424(v=vs.100).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff800821(v=ws.10).aspx

Help me learn how to back up and set up a recovery on new MacBook please?

Please bear with me if I come across not knowing anything about this topic....but that's why i'm asking for help.
mentioned before that my brother set up my PC laptop for me years ago. And a friend set up my Western Digital External Hard Drive (My Book Essential Edition - i got it super cheap after rebates) and I know he downloaded Syncback from 2Brightsparks since the WD didn't come with software.
My new Macbook is charging up. I want to know if I should do a backup and recovery? Basically I want to prepare for in case I totally eff up my new Mac and have restore from scratch. I am so confused when I read forums and google stuff. I know it came with the Mac OS X, but what happens to some of the preinstalled software....will it come back up if I use the Mac OS cds? Also, I've read that some say I can backup on CD/DVD but they won't be bootable but if I use external HD it's bootable - what the heck does this all mean?
Will I have to download a software to use with the WD HD or will the preinstalled Time Machine work? (Step by Step directions on how to make a bootable restore and back up would be greatly appreciated)
and when I add other software, can I back up the computer so that if I ever have to do a system restore I can still get those software back on my Mac without having to go get the software disc or pay online again for the download?
thanks a bunch!

Hey Knotty,
If you are close to an Apple Store, you would do yourself a world of good if you purchased One-to-One Membership. The Creatives at the Apple Store can teach you how to do all of this and so much more, for a full year.
Time Machine is an automatic backup system that is pre-installed on your Mac. It is very easy to use. Since you already have the WD, you could use that for this purpose. There is no other software you would have to purchase. If there are files and such on your WD, I would first back those up to some other media, DVD or CD, then let Time Machine reformat it and use it. It will not use the same format as your old PC, which is why you will need to backup those files you need off of it.
Good Luck.
Adam

How should I go about setting an ssd hdd to my macbook pro

I currently have a macbook air. I am going to get a macbook pro 15 inch and take out the optical drive and put the hdd there and then a samsung 840 pro ssd in the spot for the orginal hdd. What i want to do is first copy my disk from my air to the ssd on the pro. Then i want to put all my media files on to the hdd.
My questions are--
1. How will i get OS X Mt Lion on my ssd? If i just copy over the disk image from my air to it will OS X be there or just the files? Also will the licensing and everything be in tact or will it have touble updating?
2. Is there anything i have to do to make my hdd and ssd work together while im running OS X. That way i can have my media on the hdd and other stuff on the ssd?
I evetually want to also boot camp windows 8 off the hdd.
Ive never done anything like thsi before so I really dont know what to expect. Excuse me for my lack of tech speak and whatnot.

nbar
While I don't use the optibay for an extra disk space (I use my SuperDrive for archival purposes and use it weekly) I don't think that the OP will have any problems, particularly with the OWC Data Doubler. Thousands - if not tens of thousands - people have used this method for placing another drive in their MBPs and very, very few people have reported problems (usually when using a cheap caddy/connector).
So while I don't use this method, I can't even begin to dissuade others from doing it.
Clinton

Not prompted to set Administrator password at logon after Sysprep

As far as I know, the following are facts regarding the Administrator password on Windows 2008 R2:
- By default the Administrator account is enabled and the password is blank, but you are forced to set a password at first logon after Windows installation
- Sysprep is supposed to set the Administrator password to blank, unless one is indicated in the unattend file.
On my 2008 R2 images I want to be prompted to set the Administrator password after the image is deployed (and after sysprep has been run on the source machine), but for some reason this is not happening. Instead it just comes up with a logon screen
and expects the password that was used on the source machine.
I just want the same behavior as when 2008 R2 is installed from media, which is for the Administrator account to have a blank password, but where I am forced to set one at first boot. I have tried setting the password to blank on the source machine
before running sysprep, but then it just automatically logs on the Administrator on the first boot, which I don't want.
What setting can I look for that may be causing this? On a previous image which I created using the same unattend file, this worked as I wanted it to, thus the reason I believe it's a setting on my source machine.
Thanks.

Hi,
Thank you for the reply.
From the log, we can see your administrator password was not cleared successfully.
I had a test on my Windows Server 2008 R2 computer and it cleared my administrator password successfully. After the computer restarted, it prompted me to change
the password. And the following line appeared in the log file:
[shsetup] CleanupAdministratorPassword: previous account flags = 0x00000201
[shsetup] CleanupAdministratorPassword: password cleared
[shsetup] CleanupAdministratorPassword: setting account flags = 0x00800201
[shsetup] CleanupAdministratorPassword: password expired
Now I would like to know whether you use any unattend file together with sysprep. Did you put any .xml file under C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep or explicitly specify
an unattend file using the sysprep command?
Please remove any .xml file in C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep, double-click sysprep.exe in C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep, check the box before Generalize to sysprep your
system again.
What’s the result?
Tim Quan - MSFT

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