Hey Mike, It sounds like you've done everything appropriate. The password it's asking for is your primary password you input when you originally set up your system. You may change your password by going to System Preferences>Account (I think! I've already forgotten what 10.1.5 looked like!). However, it will prompt you for your original password, the same one it's prompting you for now. It is case sensitive.
As a workaround, you could log in as root and install the update but that won't resolve your password problem which is sure to rear its ugly head again in the future. Ward Oldham On 9/12/02 4:36 PM, "michaelphoto at att.net" <michaelphoto at att.net> wrote: > To the group, I am a new member, I have been using macs for years, but > am just trying to get the hang of OS X, I downloaded an 10.1.5 upgrade > from the apple site, but can't figure out how to get past "administrator > password required to load this software" command. I downloaded the file > on my imac at home because I have a broadband connect there, put it on > a cd and put it in the powerbook that is running 10.1.4. Is that part of the > problem?, Is it required that the download be done with the unit that is > going to be upgraded, and by copying it, OS X won't allow it to be installed > on another unit? Any help here will be appreciated. Thankyou, Mike > Robertson. > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
