Also, make sure you have all your serials at hand. If there are apps you don't want to use, I'd try and run the installer and choose "deinstall" if possible, or perhaps use the "DeInstaller" application. Anyone have suggestions for the best deinstallation app?
Personally though I prefer to reinstall everything including reformatting the HD, but make your own choices. Bruce, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >On Sunday, August 15, 2004, at 06:28 AM, Thomas Ethen wrote: > >> I purchased a iBook 12" G3 and left it the way it was set up from the >> previous owner, just adding my own software. Last night when I booted >> to >> OSX, it had reset the dock and eliminated my new software from the >> dock, >> even though it remained installed on the iBook. It also reset >> everything to >> the old owners settings, such as e-mail settings and zeroed out my >> settings >> on my new programs, like sites on Golive, e-mails in Entorage and >> custom >> settings on Photoshop. >> >> Any idea why and how I can get rid of the previous owners information >> without clearing the HD and starting over from scratch installing all >> my >> software over? > >Something caused it to think it needed new prefs. > >Go to the System Prefs and click on Accounts. Create a new account for >yourself. MAKE SURE IT'S AN ADMINISTRATOR. Sorry to shout but that's a >vital, vital step. > >Now log off as the old user, and in as you new user. Go back to the >Accounts prefs and delete the old user. You'll be asked if you want to >create a disk image of their old file; I'd do so, just in case. > >Now you're the user on the system, you can set it to automatically boot >into your account , etc. > > >> -- >"Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. >Bruce Johnson > > > >-- >G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store >http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
