Hello, I assume that Jonathan is suggesting you go into System Preferences.
1. VO-Shift M to navigate to the Apple Menu bar, where "VO" means hold down the Control and Option keys together with any other keys listed as part of the instructions). 2. Press "s y" quickly or Arrow down to get to the "System Preferences" menu option and press enter. 3. In the System Preferences window press tab or use VO-Right Arrow to navigate to the "Accounts" button (about 20 presses) 4. VO-Space to select "Accounts" 5. In the Accounts Menu, VO-Right Arrow from the toolbar to the Groups and Login Options list and interact (VO-Shift-Down Arrow). 6. The first item should be your friend's account, and you'll hear his login name followed by a description of his account access level, such as "Admin", "Standard", or "Sharing Only". What gets announced as his account access? If your friend does not have "Admin" status, you cannot run the system update from his account. Is there some other account listed in the login options list that says "Admin"? As Jonathan says, you should be able to use the install DVD to set up an Admin account and password if one is not present, but the problem is that if there were any other system actions that have been performed that required login and password, you will lose the record of these permissions that have been kept in the system's keychain permission records. If your friend does have Admin status, you can try to stop interacting (VO-Shift-Up arrow), and tab over to the "Change Password" button and press it (VO-Space). Problem is, you'll have to type in an old password (twice, to verify your typing) and then a new password. If there really was no old password, you can leave the old password field empty and just press enter each time, then type in your new password. But if you couldn't just type in a new password the way that Max suggested, the chances are that there was a password set up, but your friend either didn't know it or has forgotten it, because he has set up his machine to allow him to automatically log in. Remember when you type user name and password that these entries may be case sensitive. I'm not sure how to proceed if this is the case and you can't set a password. You should be able to insert the original install DVD and restart holding down the "C" key. After you turn on VoiceOver with either Command-F5 or Fn-Command-F5 and get past the keyboard and language screens you should be able to go to the menu bar with VO-M and right arrow over to Utilities, then choose an option to Reset Password. I'm not able to check this here, so maybe Jonathan or someone else can assist. However, if you do reset the password you can use that password to run the updates. HTH Cheers, Esther Dr.Khalid wrote: > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
