On Feb 13, 2013, at 11:53 AM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > A friend of mine is going to donate her old G4 iBook and I volunteered to get > rid of her personal stuff (User folder) on it. However, she does not have the > install CDs that came with it. It is running 10.4. > > So what would be the best way to delete her User Folder without deleting the > OS?
Create a new admin user. Log in as that user, delete the old user via the Users System prefs. Do not take the option to save the users files. More adventuresomely, you can do this: <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20010827120222505> Which leaves the laptop ready to create a new admin user as if it were new. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
