Once he creates another administrator, can he delete the original administrator?
Friday, March 13, 20097:34 PMLee [email protected] >On Mar 13, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer asked: > >> A friend who runs a local non-profit has a computer his office manager >> used. She left and he now wants to use the computer but wants to be >> the >> owner / administrator of the computer. How does he remove her name and >> put his own in place? Does he need her password? If so, what if he >> doesn't have it? > >If he has access to an administrative account, he can use it to turn >anyone into an administrative user in the Accounts preferences pane. >If hers is the only administrative account and he doesn't have her >password, then he should boot off the Mac OS X install CD and select >'Reset password' from the installer screen choices. (Those might not >be the exact words, but they're something like that.) > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
