MAC OS X Setup Resgistration again??

I was getting a start up disk full message even when I had about 40GB available. But now when I turn on my laptop, I'm getting the MAC OS registration screen. Does this mean I lost all the document on HD. Please let me know if I should register.
Thanks

Try this link to boot up in safe boot
Safe Boot
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
When you get to the log in screen restart the machine without logging in.
If that does not work then try this link
Disk Utility
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672

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Mac mini running setup assistant again

my nephew got an intel mac mini from a friend he wasnt admin he has limited use we tried to watch amovie it saidcould not play because it found an uknown puplic ato i have pc so i dont know what that means tried to instal perian,tried to update quicktime,and update package,didnt work.tried to follow a link here to set new password but found out it was 10 yrs old and he said it probably wasnt what i was looking for so here i am.and we dont have origional install disc and no money to buy one anything i can do with what ive got? thanks

The exact message would be helpful. I doubt this is it:
uknown puplic ato
Let's establish exact machine specs.
Here is how to find out what version of Mac OS you are running:
Click on the blue apple in the upper left hand of the screen.
click on this icon
Click on the first line, "About This Mac"
Most of these are numbers & that's what we want.
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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.
# in case of partial success repeat this command until errors go away.
/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 your mac
shutdown -r now
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/how_do_i_reset_my_mac_os_x_admin_root_password.html
You will need to scroll down to see this post. Search for applesetupdone
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Yesterday, my friend gave me his old MacBook (Mac OS X Tiger)...
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Soon, I do the Setup Assistant with this :
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i updated my usual programs, and i guess i updated mac os x setup assistant. when i restarted my computer, it says welcome, and takes me through the whole process of registering. i even tried to go through it, but it doesnt register and goes back to the welcome page again. i cant reset b/c i lost my disk, so is there any way i can just reset the whole computer?

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I just bought a MacBook Pro for my wife (through MacMall) preconfigured with Parallels and XP. Because it was preconfigured, MacMall set up a generic user account called "user". I would like to run the setup assistant to supply the machine name, settings, etc.
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I have had issues trying to setting up mac mini server on my network. I wonder if my current hardware is the problem? At present I have a Thomson Router plugged into an airport express which broadcasts wifi for my house. I have been connecting to my wifi with my mac mini server. Despite running server assistant and setting up a DNS server in Mac Mini server no clients are able to connect to the DNS server (i.e. dig command works on server but not on clients). I found reference somewhere on the internet to the fact that the mac mini server must be plugged into the router via ethernet for it to be setup properly.
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