Re: [CGUYS] MacIgnorance [Was: Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?

2007-10-12 Thread David K. Watson
I finally decided to see what all the hoopla was about, so I did a little Googling myself. The horrendous 40 step process for changing the admin name on a Mac turns out to be an Apple support document with instructions for changing the admin name, and even with this method you could have pro

Re: [CGUYS] MacIgnorance [Was: Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?

2007-10-12 Thread Jeff Wright
> IMVHO, complaining that a Mac does not work exactly like a PC is a > silly > exercise. That's a given, but I keep coming upon issues on the Mac that are nothing but hoop jumping, compared to administering a PC. Change the admin name on a PC? That takes seconds. > That is why those of us who

[CGUYS] MacIgnorance [Was: Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?

2007-10-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
IMVHO, complaining that a Mac does not work exactly like a PC is a silly exercise. >change the short name of the root admin... >*40* steps to do this. 40. If you don't make things worse doing it. That is why those of us who know what we are doing use a widely-available script. The general rul