Password Question

I am trying to update the Adobe Flash Player and it is asking for my password. I have put the password I use for I-Tunes and it doesn't work. So it must be a different password. How do I find out what that could be? I have no idea and I have no idea how to re-set it. Thank you.

Hi ..
It's asking for your admin password not your iTunes account password.
Reset your admin password:
OS X Mavericks: If you forget your login password
OS X Mountain Lion: If you forget your login password
OS X: Changing or resetting an account password < v10.6 or earlier
You may be able to reset your admin password using your Apple ID > OS X: Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password - Apple Support
If you aren't sure which OS X version is installed on your Mac, click the Apple  top left in your screen.
From the drop down menu click: About This Mac

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My Mac asks iCloud password since some days every time I open Mac Mail. How can I stop it?
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I noticed inDaily Mail Online, that there were cases in Australia, where peolple got thei Mac stucked and had to pay ransom.
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You're looking at three different and unrelated problems:
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2. Use the "Force Quit..." item under the 'Apple' menu to see if an app is "Not Responding" or simply busy. If "Not Responding", select (highlight) it and use the "Force Quit" button. Avoid the Power button shut down method as you may end up corrupting other things that may be accessing the hard drives.
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Welcome to the Mac and to the Apple user discussion forums
to find out what OS you have go to the apple menu ==> about this mac - Tiger is version 10.4.x and Leopard 10.5.x
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Here are some references that may help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106973
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If you can't access your keychain, or forget your password If you can't get into your keychain file because you've forgotten your password or the keychain file appears to be corrupt, there are a couple of options.
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Open Keychain Access (located in Applications/Utilities
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Login as root and perform repair In some cases, problems with keychains can only be resolved when logged in as the root user.
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Failing that, select the "login" keychain within the Keychain Access application and make sure it is the default keychain by going to the "File" menu and selecting "Make 'Login' Default"
Turn off Keychain synchronization in applications having problems If specific applications are experiencing issues when accessing password-protected material, Keychain may be to blame.
For example, it appears that in some cases, failures in .Mac synchronization transfers are linked to issues with Keychain.
If you are having problems synchronizing data with .Mac servers, you may want to try the following process:
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Re-check the "Synchronize with .Mac" checkbox
If the above process does not re-allow synchronization, you may need to leave Keychain synchronization turned off in the "Sync" tab of the .Mac System Preferences pane.
MacFixIt reader Faisal writes:
"I believe the problem may be related to Keychain sync overwriting or mangling the .Mac information in the Keychain. By disabling Keychain sync I seem to be able to sync again without issue."
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Click here for information. If the option to have the answers emailed to you isn't available or doesn't work(the email may take a few hours to arrive), contact the iTunes Store staff via the link in the 'Additional Information' section of that article.
Nobody on these boards can reset them for you.
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Hey folks!
I was recently given a PowerBook 1400cs/133, which had been previously used rather heavily but a few years ago fell into disuse. I've been rejuvenating it...I've gotten a new battery for it, updated it from 8.0 to 8.1, and cleaned up the hard drive.
This question pertains to the "Password Security" control panel. Yes, I've seen the previous thread about not being able to boot up due to a password being set. I don't know the password on what's newly my machine, but obviously I can boot into and use it without complication (and I do mean that no prompt appears at boot up which I have to hit cancel for). I can't update the hard disk drivers, which is telling.
Given that I can boot into OS 8.1, is there some way of recovering or changing said password? I'd ordinarily take it to an Apple Store, but I'm in college and there isn't one close by to begin with.
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Translation,
click on someone's email link in their profile, contact them, convince them that you are legitimate, and then move on to solving your problem.
My son bought a G3 iBook at a pawn shop and by the time we drove home, we figured out how to contact the prior owner. A quick phone call revealed the fact that the laptop was in fact stolen. We arranged a second trip to the big city to reunite the owner with their laptop.
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Is there some way that Apple can redirect all of the password and similar questions to their proper group ? I enjoy reading the discussion messages that pertain to vision. I'm getting a huge number of emails from this group that do not belong here.
Thank you Apple,
Bob

I've had this question in the past. While I understand that this is a user forum provided by Apple, and Apple doesn't have control over user submitted contributions, it does have control over the Apple Support Communities website. I have a visual impairment and concur with panoramaBobl, Bob Thompson2's sentiment. It's immensely frustrating to read the same, '...I've forgotten my security questions and answers...', in an Accessibility > Vision forum.
Kappy, when you say, '.....we cannot respond.....',do you mean that this is an issue outside of contributors control, or something else that I'm not getting?
People who suffer from vision loss face enough problems in their day to day lives without having to trawl through others self inflicted mistakes. And anyway, haven't these people with lapsed memories ever heard of two step verification?
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