That is very strange... Is it an option to just re-install the OS?
That would seem like the simplest option to wipe off all your personal
data at this point.
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
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On Oct 1, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Dale Goodvin wrote:
> i'm the administrator and the account page shows that this is the
> case!
>
> "In most cases there is no free exercise whatever ... of the moral
> sense." / "I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own
> fashion. Let us see who is the strongest."--Henry David Thoreau
> "I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity."--
> Bob Dylan
> Everybody got all the money/Everybody got all the beautiful clothes
> Everybody got all the flowers/I don't have one single rose
> I feel a change comin' on"--Bob Dylan, 2009
>
>
> From: Elliott Price <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, October 1, 2009 8:38:37 AM
> Subject: Re: problems readying imac for giving to charity
>
> Do you have the original disks? You could just wipe the HD and re-
> install the OS. Are you an administrator on that computer? If not, I
> think you can't add another account. I've heard it happen where a
> system administrator account becomes a regular account.
>
>
> -Elliott Price
> Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
> Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
> Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites
>
> On Sep 30, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Dale Goodvin wrote:
>
>> i have: imac, 700mhz, G4, OSX10.3.9
>>
>> I am unable to add another user; that option is grayed out; i'm the
>> administrator and only listed user; the little lock icon is unlocked.
>>
>> I am unable to restore from any disc.
>>
>> i've repaired permissions to no avail.
>>
>> need help
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> dale
>>
>> "In most cases there is no free exercise whatever ... of the moral
>> sense." / "I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own
>> fashion. Let us see who is the strongest."--Henry David Thoreau
>> "I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced
>> insanity."--Bob Dylan
>> Everybody got all the money/Everybody got all the beautiful clothes
>> Everybody got all the flowers/I don't have one single rose
>> I feel a change comin' on"--Bob Dylan, 2009
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> >
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