Sole Admin.

OK, after a couple of months I am about to give up one of my G3s and assume possession of my wife's G4. When I originally set it up, I gave both of us Admin Rights but when I log in, I cannot make any changes. I have both the original CDs that came with the G4, plus a full retail copy of OS 10.4. I have had the logic board replaced and would like remove her and make it mine. I know you folks are full of suggestions and that there are a couple of options, which one should I take. Erase and Install or Archive and Pray? Thank you for your consideration. Wayne Loney

Thank you for the response. I have spent the afternoon getting files transferred etc. and, Duh, realized I had to log in to get to my admin privileges. That only got me so far, however. I have dragged her folder from the "User" folder to the trash, entered my password, entered her password, but she is persistent and always shows up in the HD users folder. The worst part is when I restart the G4 it opens to her page, with nothing on it, and I have to go to my log in page. Thanks again, Wa( .y. )ne

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naturally, an admin account. I normally operate in
this account. How do I create a new account that
becomes the sole admin, and change the original,
first account to an ordinary user account? The
reason for this (security is the motivation) is that
I want to still use all the folders and files owned
by the account that is currently admin. If I just
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