I am a bit of a ludite, I have an airport extreme that is requesting an update, this requires a password which geek squad never gave me, any advice , can I reset that password or must I pay someones piper? Thanks for any help.

Hello:
The password should be your administrator password.
Barry

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25366
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