How do you access the administrator privileges? When i click system preferences under the left apple nothing happens. thank you.
On Feb 6, 4:27 pm, Jack Countryman <jcoun...@mac.com> wrote: > On 2/6/11 1:10 PM, lphilen wrote:> i have a dual 800 guicksilver with > 10.4.11. i can not set the date and > > time > > after changing the pram battery. i bought this machine at a garage > > sale it came > > with no software at all. it also will not open the system preferences > > folder. > > thanks from an old newbee. > > larry philen > > lphilen...@aol.com > > You are probably on a user account which doesn't have administrator > privileges. You need to be an administrator to do those things. If > there is an administrator account, try to use it (you probably will need > to know the password that goes with it). If that doesn't work, consider > installing a new system where you can set yourself as administrator and > use system preferences to change things. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
