Need to reinstall OSX, but original discs are 3 years old

Question

I have a Powerbook 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 and it's running OS X 10.4.8, but I need to clean it up and pass it on to my daughter. I just got a MacBook intel laptop
It's been so long since I did an install, I can't remember if I use the original discs I got with the Powerbook and then update all the way to 10.4.8 or what?
That seems like a long way around it - did I buy update Panther discs at some point and should I use those? I think I did - can't look right now cuz I'm at the office and not home -
I want to delete me as the user and make it her and just reinstall the system, so someone help me remember what to do!!! I don't want to lose any settings or applications, though - but I do want to wipe out some prefs/library junk for apps that I've taken off.
What's the best way to go?
17" Powerbook   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Answer 1

You can create a new user account for your daughter and make that account an admin account. Set up that account for the automatic login, then log into the new account. Now delete your account. Open the Sharing preference and change the Computer name to one of her choosing. When she logs into the account she can then change the password you created for her to one of her choosing.
If you need to preserve certain application support you can back that up before deleting your account, then later restore the information into her account. The following details where most of this is located:
<font "size=+1">Folders You Can Move to Your new Mac
From the Home folder copy the contents of Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (* This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ copy any preferences needed for third-party applications
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
Credit goes to another forum user for this information.
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