hey cathy, try the Option key instead of the C key. This allows you to select the DVD as your startup disk. Click the right arrow next.
Your goal is to reset the passwords, giving you access. (look for the Utilities pull down menu) Then set up the accounts you want. Ward On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:37 PM, cgreen1 wrote: > Hello group! > > Need help logging in: inherited a G4 desktop from the director of > ESL to use in my new school, but it would not start up. The tech > guy came today and put in a new battery, and it works great, except > for one problem: I can?t log in under any of the users. > > So I loaded Tiger, thinking I could do a clean install and set up a > new user account. Didn?t work, the same old users appear, all of > which require a password. Tried restarting off the install disk, > holding down the C key, but that didn?t work either. > > What do I need to do to set up a new admin account and student > account? > > TIA, > Cathy GREEN > Seneca ESL Teacher > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070917/10d8a6ec/attachment.html
