Thanks for the info. I created a new user account and everything is fine now.
A > Hi Andy, > > You may want to start by booting from your OS X install CD and reset the > password for her account. If that doesn't help, sometimes its just best to > create another new user account, delete the old one, and move whatever data > if any from the disk image created by her old deleted account. > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY 40204 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us > > > > On 3/21/03 9:53 PM, "andrew arnold" <a0arno01 at Louisville.edu> wrote: > >> I am trying to help a friend. He bought his daughter an iBook and I helped >> him set up himself as administrator and created a limited account for his >> daughter, Sarah. Sarah has tried twice to make a fancy drawing document she >> created in Appleworks become the desktop pattern. I know this probably >> doesn't work because it is not a graphics file... But here is the problem. >> Now when she tries to log back in under her user account, she gets a >> pinwheel that will run for hours and can't log back in. My friend can log in >> as administrator, but we can't log back in as Sarah. Have repaired >> permissions, run Drive 10, etc. to no avail. What is going on here? Any >> ideas? >> >> Thanks >> >> Andy >> >> >> Kind regards, >> Andy >> a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu >> >> Remember the two most important things in life: >> 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know >> 2. >> >> The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. >> >> "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew >> the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
