Or you can try thess "hAxS" for free. I've personally booted using a CD going into the hard drive and removing the foolproof extension.
http://fux0r.phathookups.com/textfiles/hacking/macfaq.txt YMMV --- Rich Bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Contact FoolProof's vendor. The web site is > http://www.smartstuff.com/. When I taught at a college, one of the > techs > got angry about something, found a new job, quit and changed all > the > FoolProof passwords. The vendor showed us how to work around it > and reset > them. I think the charges were quite small. > > Rich > > At 04:00 PM 1/23/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > > >This program is aptly named. I'm a high school teacher and just > inherited > >some 5500/250's for my classroom. Unfortunately, nobody in the > school seems > >to remember the foolproof password. Tried to do a fresh system CD > install, > >no go, the disk gets recognized, spins for a while and then an > error message > >pops up. Any disk I put in is "locked" and can't be opened. I > even tried to > >trash the system disk! > > > >Any ideas? > >Thanks, > > > >Mike > > > > > >-- > >PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on > Sale! | > > > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > >PCI-PowerMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > >Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on > Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
