Language change makes me unable to log on my Macbook!

Hi guys,
So yesterday I changed my language from English to Vietnamese. My computer went on sleep. When I tried to log on, it didn't show up the dots(for the password field). I'm thinking the language change has messed up the keyboards! Could anyone tell me how to fix the problem? I really need to log on my computer as soon as possible. Thank you so much.
By the way, I changed the language to Vietnamese VNI.

Hopefully we can get Tom or others in here to help.
Does it boot into any of these modes?
Holding Option/alt key at bootup.
Holding SHIFT key at bootup.
Target mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...
/sbin/fsck -fy
Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.
(Space between fsck AND -fy important).
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
We might get clues with verbose mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Reset Password from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Reset Password.
Or do you have Firmware password protection in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
It would block usage of all the startup keys, like C, N, T, D, CMD+s, CMD+Option+p+r, CMD +v, Option, and Shift, as well as booting from anything but the Hard Drive.
Force Removing Password Protection
1) Add or remove DIMMs to change the total amount of RAM in the computer.
2) Then, the PRAM must be reset 3 times. (Command + Option + P + R).
http://www.securemac.com/openfirmwarepasswordprotection.php

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Just as an FYI OpenSolaris build 134 uses the automounter to mount /export/home to /home and /home is actually being written to /etc/passwd. So if you're still in the habit of telling Linux admins to disable the automounter please stop.
[http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=482048&#482048|http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=482048&#482048]
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Doubtful. What does apple > about this mac say?
Anyway, I read some similar problem posts here and was hopeful that DiskWarrior could help restore me. I purchased and ran it successfully (at least DiskWarrior said it was a success) but I still have the same results.
I tried to access both my caches folder and my Desktop folder from my “test” account, but these are the error messages I received:
The folder “Caches” could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges.
The folder “Desktop” could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges.
Which desktop folder? these are normal messages.
I was shocked to see my Available space was only 2.5 GB. I don’t know how that can be right.
Why?
I’m open to anything to retrieve my files – Any suggestions?
I buy an external disk with both fireware & usb and use carbon copy cloner to duplicate you hd.
run batcmd from an admin account to let you change permissions.
From an administrator account enable root & be careful. This will let you look at any file on the system & delete everything!!!
Get a new admin id.
"BatChmod is a Cocoa utility for manipulating file and folder privileges in Mac OS X. It allows the manipulation of ownership as well as the privileges associated to the Owner, Group or others."
http://www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/Welcome.html
As an aside, I just noticed that the button to "apply to all enclosed items' is greyed out. I started checking other folders and best I can tell, all folders on my startup volume will not allow me to apply any permission changes to all enclosed items. Think this might have something to do with the alias issue?
I noticed that my "apply to all enclosed items' button is greyed out too. I use BatChmod fps instead.
Get the Mac to set up an additional administrative account. You can then change the password on your old account.
Start with your computer power off. Hold down command-s. Power on your computer.
Type in the following:
The first two commands will depend on your release of Mac OS X. Look at what is typed out in the console to determine the exact format.
# Type the follow two instructions to access the startup disk in read/write. Press return after each command.
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /var/db
pwd
#List all files. The l is a lower case L.
ls -a
#The move command acts as a rename command in this format.
mv -i .applesetupdone .applesetupdone.old
reboot
Once you've done that the computer reboots and it's like the first time you used the machine. Your old accounts are all safe. From there you just change all other account passwords in the account preferences!!
Limnos adds detailed explainations:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8441597#8441597
The above the idea came from a post by JoseAranda at September 9, 2006 3:48 AM
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/howdo_i_reset_my_mac_os_x_admin_rootpassword.html
You will need to scroll down to see this post. Search for applesetupdone
Or see:
http://superpixel.ch/articles/running-setup-assistant-again/
Once you have a new administrative account, you can change the password of your old administrative account
blue apple > System Preferences > Accounts

Unable to log in to the user account (name) at this time

I get this error message when I try to log-in in my main admin account. And this is not a lost password issue I know im typing the write password because when I type a wrong one the box shakes when I type the right one it gives me that message.
I tried alot of stuff to gain access to it but I cannot, the only thing that I can do is go in as root user and extract the files that I had in there, but I have no physcial access to the login it self, I started making a different account name for it but I dont want to lose all my prefrenses although I think the only thing that is making it this way is File Vault (its swtiched on for the locked out account)
Any thoughts?

I'm also getting the dreaded "You are unable to log in to the user account __ at this time" but believe this happened when I inadvertently tuned off an external hard drive without ejecting it first. At first, I thought it was a File Vault problem, but my user.sparseimage file is still there and accessible once I changed the permissions to those of another user account.
What I have come to believe, based on other postings I have read on this topic, at least in my case, is that I must have corrupted the logged in user on the netinfo file. The solutions I've seen so far for fixing the netinfo file seem pretty complicated, though I do have a backup of that file.
I have yet to decide whether the netinfo problem is easily fixable or if I would better employ my time moving my iTunes and iPhoto files off that sparse image and into another user account. I'm open to suggestions.
Bill
iBook G-4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.33 GHz, 768 MB memory, 60 GB HD, iPod Shuffle

Unable to log in Azure Linux VM using username and password

I tried creating a Linux VM (Cent OS based) using PowerShell. I was able to provision the VM, but when i tried to log in using the credentials in the VM using Putty, I get an error message stating "No supported authentication methods available
(server sent : publicKey).
Although when i create a VM through Azure portal using the same image i don't find any issues to login the VM. Please find below the PowerShell commands i used to provision Linux VM.
Option 1:
New-AzureQuickVM -Linux -ServiceName "customdatalinux" -Name "customdatalinux" -ImageName "0b11de9248dd4d87b1862
1318e037d37__RightImage-CentOS-7.0-x64-v14.2" -Password "******" -Location "East US" -LinuxUser "*****" -InstanceSize "ExtraSmall"
Option 2:
PS C:\> $vm1 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name "customdatalinux" -InstanceSize "ExtraSmall" -ImageName "0b11de9248dd4d87b18621318e037d37__RightImage-CentOS-7.0-x64-v14.2" | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Linux -LinuxUser "*****"
-Password "*****"
New-AzureVM -ServiceName "customdatalinux" -VMs $vm1
Option 3:
$vm1 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name "customdatalinux" -InstanceSize "ExtraSmall" -ImageName "0b11de9248dd4d87b1862131
8e037d37__RightImage-CentOS-7.0-x64-v14.2" | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Linux -LinuxUser "****" -Password "*****" | Set-AzureEndpoint -Name "SSH" -Protocol "TCP" -Loc
alPort "22" -PublicPort "22"
New-AzureVM -ServiceName "customdatalinux" -VMs $vm1
In the Azure portal i can see that there is an option to select credentials authentication alone, where i can enter the password and provision a VM. I try to do the same through PowerShell and VM gets provisioned, but am unable to log in the VM using those
credentials.
Can you please let me know how to resolve this issue?
Thanks,
Anish

Try this
azure vm create customdatalinux0b11de9248dd4d87b18621318e037d37__RightImage-CentOS-7.0-x64-v14.2 username password -l "West US"By default, linux VM on Azure has Port 22 opened so you don't have to configure those unless you want to change port. Also loose | and '' in commands.
Creating new VM creates new service unless you want to use one already created.
Mustafa Toroman

Unable to log in user at this time / opening up all ports

I've got a lion 10.7.3 server and several Lion client boxes all attached via ethernet to an airport extreme.
I've got a bona fide certificate that seems to have installed correctly, and the client is talking to the open directory server
Without fail, I get a message "unable to log in the user at this time" on each of the clients...
UNLESS I open up all ports on my airport extreme to the server.
I've tried opening individual ports for AFP, profile manager (1640, 2195), open ldap (389, 636) and even kerberos (88). Even with all of these open, it still doesn't work. I have to open up everything to get the error to go away - then the users can log in just fine.
Note, I'm logging in from the local network to a server on the local network, so this just seems bizarre.
I don't have the logs on this computer, but I recall that the error was occurring when it tried to mount the home directory, after authentication. It was an error 64 from homedirmounter (if memory serves).
Any thoughts on what port I'm missing that might be causing the error?

3659 is the SASL port used by the password server, so that makes a certain amount of sense.
However, I still maintain that if your network is configured in the way I'd expect, the base station shouldn't be relevant. The clients should be connecting on a LAN-to-LAN basis so the firewall/filter in the base station shoudn't be in play.
Given what you say, I suspect you've misconfigured your network - probably at the DNS level and you're not running private DNS for your LAN, which would force the clients to connect through the public address. The risks and downside of this approach are numerous - not least of which is the fact that you ARE exposing your server to the general public (including all the less-than-honourable people out there). On that basis there is a risk and i'd look to close that soonest.
You should have a private DNS server running on your LAN that knows the private network addresses of your servers and clients. In this way any client should be able to connect directly to the server's LAN address, bypassing the public interface on your base station. I suspect that if you perform a DNS lookup on your server's hostname you get back its public address, right?

Unable to Log In After Software Update

Hello:
After running Software Update, I am unable to log in.
I found the following support article:
Mac OS X 10.5: Unable to log in after an upgrade install
Article: TS1543
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1543?viewlocale=en_US
However, upon step 8 of the instructions, the following error appears:
delete Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eUnknownNodeName)
This is actually after an update (not an "upgrade"), so I'm not even sure these are the appropriate steps.
This is the second time that I have been unable to log in after an update. The first time, I attempted to reset the password with the installation DVD; however, this resulted in "No LDAP Master" errors and I installed Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server on a second internal drive and configured everything again. After setting everything up on the second install, I was going to reformat the first boot drive. Unfortunately, I'm just back to where I started after running the updates. I'm not sure if having two volumes with Mac OS X Server installed makes a difference in the instructions in the article mentioned above or not.
Another question: Is resetting the password with the installer DVD the same as using the Single User approach ("launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist", "ls /Users", then "dscl . -delete /Users/username AuthenticationAuthority")?
If so, I'll just do that; however, I am hoping that the Single User approach might somehow avoid "No LDAP Master" errors again.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
-Warren

baltwo:
Thanks! I think a week would have gone by before I realized this on my own.
-Warren

Unable to log in to the portal - missing Directory Service?

Hi!
I'm unable to log in to the Management Portal, getting this error message:
"We are having trouble logging you into the portal. Your subscription does not have an associated directory and this is preventing us from logging you in. Please contact support."
I've tried to call Microsoft regarding this issue, each of the four times I was routed forward, given phone-numbers for Azure support and redirected, each call ended with basically the same reply "uuhhh... I don't support Azure, sir, and I don't know
how to help you..." - Microsoft needs to inform their frontline people better!
Anyways, at some point I was told that I have to "file a ticket" in the Azure support forums, and that a representative will call me up after. So here is the ticket, and I'm anxiously awaiting a reply.
In case I'm not clear - I have an urgent need to access the portal, as I need to put some more assets in there, aka *you're losing money, Microsoft!* (maybe that'll get your attention.. ;) )
Thanks in advance,
Thomas Qvidahl, supporter and fan of Azure, though faith is waning..
Best regards,
Thomas Qvidahl
Senior consultant, MCITP: EA & SP2010, MCT
EVRY Card Services AS
Nordland, Norway

hi Thomas,
We apologize for the inconvenience that caused by this encountered issue.
Firstly, I suggest you could try David Messner's solution from this thread (
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8713e5ca-965f-4e81-b6ea-8a9e95c58b79/we-were-unable-to-find-any-subscriptions-associated-with-your-account?forum=windowsazuremanagement ).
If it doesn't work, I would like to suggest you to try the one that mentioned by Tabrez at:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7a2acffb-6419-4a3d-8fb4-c8258790a2bb/why-cant-i-sign-up-for-the-1month-free-trial
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Contact support here: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/?prid=14238.
-tm
[/quote]
Please try it.
Regards,
Will
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Unable to log in to iTunes

I have been using the same username for my iTunes for years. I use it on iCloud, the App Store...everything. About a year ago, I completed an iTunes update on my Toshiba Satellite laptop and was unable to listen to any music on my iTunes after that. Nothing would play. I followed some "advice" on the Apple Support Communities since it was clearly an issue several people had. The advice had quite a lengthy process which included eventually removing iTunes and reinstalling it. I did the process step by step (which supposedly worked for others), and I was never able to log in to iTunes again. My iPhone music still worked since I hadn't logged out of iTunes, as did my iPod (Nano, Classic, and my new Nano) since you don't log out of those. I have since logged out of iTunes on my iPhone and I was never able to log back in and it shows that I have no music because it claims I do not have an account (though I can log in to the iCloud or App Store with my account).
I also have a MacBook Air and an iPad Mini. I never used my iTunes on the MacBook Air, so I have tried logging in there, and have also tried "approving" this computer for iTunes use but still...I can log into iCloud, the App Store, and have verified my account on the Apple support page (http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/) but I still get the following error:
I still am logged in to my iTunes on my iPad though I know if I log out, I will never be able to log in again. It does not have all of my music on it...just some of it. My Classic has all of my music, and my old Nano has since died. I never got to load anything onto my new Nano. So, I opened up a ticket with Apple and of course there was the big runaround saying I had to pay for service on my MacBook Air since it's a problem with my MacBook Air, but after much arguing, I got it through their head that it's a problem with my Toshiba, Macbook Air, iPhone, and will be with my iPad as well if I logged out of iTunes. They finally opened a ticket and had me to talk to several people. The last person to work on it at Apple stated she was sending it to an engineer, because even she tried logging in with the same username and password and was unable to, though she was able to log into my iCloud. She "remoted" in to my MacBook, and could not find anything wrong either. The last I heard from them was in June 2014 where they told me they were moving this to an engineer (after 3-hours of being on the line with them) and stated that I would receive a call back, which of course never happened. I have called that person back several times since she had given me her extension, and she does not return my calls. In the meantime, I have tried several times to just change my password on the account, and it changes my password on every account but I still am unable to log in to my iTunes.
Here are the notes I took while on the phone with them:
June 2014:
Case ID: 619383300
xxx (can't remember his name...maybe Scott??? Transferred to Tim)
Tim (iTunes. Can't see an iTunes problem. Believes this is a computer problem)
Eric (did the sharing session. He's with "mac problems". Immediately said I would have to get a warranty for my computer in order to receive support. I refused since I was not going to warranty my iPhone, Macbook Air, Toshiba PC, and iPad just because of an iTunes problem). He later stated this is a problem with my internet provider, because of the blocks i have set up for my children. I do not have blocks set up, never have, and it can't be an ISP problem because it would be an ISP problem with my UK internet, US internet, sisters, brothers, and parents ISP's as well since I have used their internet and still cannot access iTunes. Sending back to iTunes)
Tay (iTunes Senior advisor. Sharing session. Checked Apple ID while remoted in to my computer. Cannot see any problems. Sending up to Engineer. Sending me a case number and personal contact number.) I never heard back, though I was told by Tay that an engineer would contact me regarding this issue.
iTunes started a new case ID: 669806831 dated Sept 27, 2014
28 Sept: Received an email from Anand at Apple iTunes support which told me to contact Apple Support at http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 to get a phone number to call in and pay for support on my device, though it's not a device issue which has already been acknowledged previously. iTunes support will not help me so I contacted Apple support. They say this is an iTunes problem, not an Apple problem. iTunes says this is an Apple problem, not an iTunes problem.
29 Sept: Left a message with Tay who was the last one handling the original case.
October: Left another message with Tay who never called me back in September, or June. I have left my phone number and original case number but she continues ignoring my calls.
Does anyone have any advice on this? I'm tired of sitting in a silent house because I have no music because the customer service at Apple is terrible and just blew me off.
So far this is an issue with my Apple ID just not being able to log into iTunes on ANY computer...whether it's a Windows 7 based PC or an Apple product. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes on every product except the iPad (I don't use my iPhone anymore since it's old and I have a new phone).

I guess Apple decided to hiccup and I was able to log in. This was not the first time I tried this procedure, but this is how it happened. I was not able to log in after the export from iBooks Author. I closed iTunes Producer and then opened it through Launchpad. I logged in with the account that is set up for the book, selected open package, and, I'll be danged if it didn't open this time. Unbelievable... I don't think it is what I did. I think Apple hiccuped or cleared her throat.

Language change makes me unable to log on my Macbook!

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