I would not put X on it unless there is allot ram it will very slow . I service one these
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On Oct 4, 2004, at 6:16 AM, Brian Mahoney wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 2:09 AM Subject: Stuck for a password
A schoolteacher gave me an early G-3 iMac (the one called a molar
because it looks like a big tooth) that has been in use in her
elementary school classroom for a couple of years, and she asked if I
could "make it work right again" so they could continue using it. Seems
it has been locking up and "behaving weirdly." Although it had
originally come with 10.1 on it, it appears that they were only using
it in 9. Someone had thrown away almost everything related to 10, maybe
to gain disk space, and although the computer would still boot into 10,
the dock was filled with nothing but question marks.
I have an eMac OS-X install CD and I used it to put a fresh copy of
10.2 on the drive. Then I tried to upgrade it to Panther using some
upgrade CDs I have, but the computer keeps asking for a password before
it will proceed with the upgrade. Neither the teacher nor anyone in the
class can remember what the password is. So I'm stuck.
I'm new to OS-X myself, so I'm stymied. What should I do now?
Tom
Got this from a newsgroup:
Boot from a CD. In the preferences folder inside the System Folder, find and drag "Multi-User Prefs" to the trash. Empty the trash. Reboot of the hard drive. Open File Sharing Control panel. Type in new password. Open the Multi-Users control panel. Click "On" to turn on accounts. Close the control panel. Choose logout from the Special menu. Log in using new password.
Can't say if it works but it's worth a try.
bm
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