Don't pirate the OS? Get real! He said he got the iMac from a school. Therefore the school had a license for whatever OS is on the machine. It would pass to a new owner, so whatever OS is on the machine is valid. He just needs to get a system CD and install the OS again. Gary
On May 4, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 2:47 PM -0400 5/3/2009, Brooks Heinlein wrote: >> I recently purchased an old iMac that used to be owned by a school, >> there are two user accounts, student and teacher, the teacher >> (admin) account is password protected and the person I bought it >> from doesn't know the password. Is there any way to get around this? > > Boot the Mac from the OS X DVD then reset the password. > >> I was thinking about re-installing the OS, how difficult would that >> be? > > Easy. And in fact, that's what you should do. There's no telling > what's on that HD or how that system has been abused. I would zero > that drive to make sure there are no bad blocks, then do a complete > clean installation of the OS. > >> is there a place I can download the OS for free since it's not the >> newest version? > > Don't pirate the Mac OS. There are many places on the 'net to > purchase it. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
