Trouble with make changes in system preferences

i reset my admin password and now i cant make changes in system prefrences because it wont accept my new password. please help.

applegirl2106 wrote:
i found this video on youtube where you had to switch it off then press control and do some other stuff
That's not good enough
Tell me what you actually did, it will make fixing this much easier.
so i had to make a new user.
What type of user, an Admin, or a Standard user?

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13 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c96d0ef -[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:] + 233
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15 Foundation                          0x00007fff86ed923e -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 155
16 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c96a13a -[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _withAutomaticEngineOptimizationDisabled:] + 70
17 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f1c58 __52-[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 482
18 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c96d0ef -[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:] + 233
19 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f1d50 __52-[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke_2 + 216
20 Foundation                          0x00007fff86ed923e -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 155
21 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c96a13a -[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _withAutomaticEngineOptimizationDisabled:] + 70
22 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f1c58 __52-[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 482
23 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c96d0ef -[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:] + 233
24 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f75ef make_and_host_engine + 249
25 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f734f -[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _didChangeHostsAutolayoutEngineTo:] + 165
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6   Foundation                          0x00007fff86ed59a3 lower_1_attribute + 158
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12 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f1c58 __52-[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 482
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22 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9f1c58 __52-[NSView(NSConstraintBasedLayout) _setLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 482
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34 AppKit                              0x00007fff8ca0468f -[NSView addSubview:positioned:relativeTo:] + 208
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64 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c947593 -[NSApplication run] + 594
65 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c932a14 NSApplicationMain + 1832
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I am trying to fill in a PDF online- there should be a submit button but it isn't showing. My partner has an identical Mac and can see the button- what do I change in system preferences to resolve?

I am trying to fill in a PDF form online- there should be a submit button but it isn't showing. My partner has an identical Mac and can see the button when he opens the same page- what do I change in my systen system preferences to resolve this?

You and your partner might have different browsers, different versions of the same browser, or most likely a fervent version of the PDF plug-in.
See if just clicking on the Enter key sends the form in.

Able to make changes without system Key

I have been trying to set a authorization group for a SAP defined program. SAPMSUU0 is the program which runs in the background when SU01 is run. I go to SE38 and type in this program name and click on attributes and then Change. Here it asks me to enter the system key however when I run the report RSCSAUTH, I can set the authorization group for this program. Is this how it is supposed to work?
ravi

> Is this how it is supposed to work?
Yes. The report does not check the developer key, but it makes some other fierce checks...
Cheers,
Julius

How can I recover a lost password for an administrater password and unlock to make changes in system settings?

I forgot my administrator password and I can't change any setting's in accounts because I locked it. Is there any way to recover the administrator password? I don't care what happens I just need to recover the admin's password.

pjfviegas wrote:
I got an iMac for my sister but she does not remember the password of system administrator (she did not sent me the installation disk) and now I can not install programs or updates
Can you help me ?
Contact Apple for a replacement disc (you will need to give them the serial # of the iMac)

Trouble with 'make' file, Oracle pre-compiling

I wasn't sure which category to post this under, so I thought I'd try this one. I have C program with embedded SQL and I've had the same compile and link script for several months. Just a couple of days ago, it suddenly gives me an error:
proc dbms=v6_char iname=pdmp_read.pc
*** Error exit code 127
That's a statement from inside the 'proc.mk' file, getting ready to do the precompile. Apparently it doesn't recognize the 'proc' command; inside the env_precomp.mk file, there's a line 'PROC = proc'. I'm guessing that an environmental variable got messed up somehow, but I'm kind of at a loss right now.

If you open the command prompt and type proc at the prompt, does it run the proc precompiler successfully?
C:\> procCheck your PATH environment variable to make sure it correctly references the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory and that proc installation has not been removed/deleted.

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