safe boot password
happy new year to all my query is after an accident the macbook pro 17 osx.6.8 shows the log in window and shows in red safe boot which password is needed to log in a) the admin password as established during install b) a special password given by apple what happens if the original system install disk is inserted the password gets erased a new one created James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: safe boot password
Hi James, Administrator password Sent from Ronni's iPad On 03/01/2012, at 4:28 PM, James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: happy new year to all my query is after an accident the macbook pro 17 osx.6.8 shows the log in window and shows in red safe boot which password is needed to log in a) the admin password as established during install b) a special password given by apple what happens if the original system install disk is inserted the password gets erased a new one created James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: safe boot password
Hi James, I just curious as to the type of accident that you MacBook Pro experienced? Also does the computer boot in safe boot mode every time or do you initiate the safe boot by holding down the shift key? As to your secondary question, if you use the install disk to change the admin password using the Reset Password facility, there will be no grave consequences other than having to provide this new password for admin tasks instead of the old one. Cheers, Carlo On 03/01/2012, at 17:19 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, Administrator password Sent from Ronni's iPad On 03/01/2012, at 4:28 PM, James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: happy new year to all my query is after an accident the macbook pro 17 osx.6.8 shows the log in window and shows in red safe boot which password is needed to log in a) the admin password as established during install b) a special password given by apple what happens if the original system install disk is inserted the password gets erased a new one created James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: safe boot password
Hi Carlo James, I had come back online and re-read James email and thought like you Carlo... Did James try to startup in Safe Mode or did the MBP just automatically do this? I had this happen on a client's computer a long time ago, where it would startup displaying the Safe Boot login screen and then not accept the 'correct' AdminPassword. I eventually found it was a sticky Shift Key and it was therefore not able to handle the lower case password, therefore the password was not accepted. We had to replace the keyboard. Cheers, Ronni On 03/01/2012, at 7:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi James, I just curious as to the type of accident that you MacBook Pro experienced? Also does the computer boot in safe boot mode every time or do you initiate the safe boot by holding down the shift key? As to your secondary question, if you use the install disk to change the admin password using the Reset Password facility, there will be no grave consequences other than having to provide this new password for admin tasks instead of the old one. Cheers, Carlo On 03/01/2012, at 17:19 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, Administrator password Sent from Ronni's iPad On 03/01/2012, at 4:28 PM, James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: happy new year to all my query is after an accident the macbook pro 17 osx.6.8 shows the log in window and shows in red safe boot which password is needed to log in a) the admin password as established during install b) a special password given by apple what happens if the original system install disk is inserted the password gets erased a new one created James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: safe boot password
thanks for all the replies, to complete the story.. Re: MacBook Pro water damage!!! that was originally the subject..i was able to get the macbook going with an external display, yep the 'safe mode' appears by it self so i have to follow up the sticky key problem the water came in from the back through the fan slots affected the screen power connections (corrosion), the screen remains dark James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 03/01/2012, at 7:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Carlo James, I had come back online and re-read James email and thought like you Carlo... Did James try to startup in Safe Mode or did the MBP just automatically do this? I had this happen on a client's computer a long time ago, where it would startup displaying the Safe Boot login screen and then not accept the 'correct' AdminPassword. I eventually found it was a sticky Shift Key and it was therefore not able to handle the lower case password, therefore the password was not accepted. We had to replace the keyboard. Cheers, Ronni On 03/01/2012, at 7:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi James, I just curious as to the type of accident that you MacBook Pro experienced? Also does the computer boot in safe boot mode every time or do you initiate the safe boot by holding down the shift key? As to your secondary question, if you use the install disk to change the admin password using the Reset Password facility, there will be no grave consequences other than having to provide this new password for admin tasks instead of the old one. Cheers, Carlo On 03/01/2012, at 17:19 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, Administrator password Sent from Ronni's iPad On 03/01/2012, at 4:28 PM, James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: happy new year to all my query is after an accident the macbook pro 17 osx.6.8 shows the log in window and shows in red safe boot which password is needed to log in a) the admin password as established during install b) a special password given by apple what happens if the original system install disk is inserted the password gets erased a new one created James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
