On Oct 21, 2009, at 11:16 PM, cheryl wrote:

>  We need to run the software update but the previous
> owner (her uncle) has a password on it and we don't know it, can't get
> it because he has passed away. Is there a way to bypass it? Or do we
> have to reinstall the OS?

Boot from the OS disk. IN the Installer menu is an option to change  
the password.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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