Hi Stan, You wrote: > If I am reading this, as it seams, I do not know why we even bother > with "passwords" and encoding", for all we need to break in is a > "copy or retail disk", or am I missing something?
That's an interesting question and something I had not considered. What you suggest seems theoretically very possible, but perhaps there are some safeguards to prevent this? Hmmmm. TC James On 5 Dec 2009, at 18:09, Stan wrote: > Hi James, > On 05 Dec 2009, at 6:26 PM, James & Nash wrote:, > "I think, if it is a retail copy of SL, then it can be any retail copy" > If I am reading this, as it seams, I do not know why we even bother > with "passwords" and encoding", for all we need to break in is a > "copy or retail disk", or am I missing something? > Cheers, > U2me&me2u, > Stan. > > On 05 Dec 2009, at 6:26 PM, James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi Stan, >> >> I think, if it is a retail copy of SL, then it can be any retail copy. >> On 5 Dec 2009, at 15:00, Stan wrote: >> >>> Hi James, >>> You wrote, >>>> "I think you can fix this if you use your installation DVD" >>> I presume for security, it must be the "actual disk" you used with >>> the setting up of the machine, and not just any "installation disk". >>> Cheers, >>> U2me&me2u, >>> Stan. >>> >>> On 05 Dec 2009, at 3:46 PM, James & Nash wrote: >>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> You wrote: >>>>> Hello, I just installed an Imac yesterday and some how I've got >>>>> myself in a situation where my authentication name or password >>>>> seems to be invalid whenever I try to install new software. >>>>> Apparently I didn't type what I thought when first registering the >>>>> machine. >>>>> In any case how can I fix this situation? >>>> >>>> I think you can fix this if you use your installation DVD. After >>>> booting from the DVD and passing the Language selection screen, you >>>> can find a Password Reset or Recovery function in the Utilities >>>> menu. >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> James >>>> On 5 Dec 2009, at 12:06, David McLean wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, I just installed an Imac yesterday and some how I've got >>>>> myself in a situation where my authentication name or password >>>>> seems to be invalid whenever I try to install new software. >>>>> Apparently I didn't type what I thought when first registering the >>>>> machine. >>>>> In any case how can I fix this situation? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> 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 macvisionaries >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>>>> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> 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 macvisionaries >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>>> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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 macvisionaries >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> 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 macvisionaries >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > 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. > > -- 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.
