Do you have the original disks? You could just wipe the HD and re- install the OS. Are you an administrator on that computer? If not, I think you can't add another account. I've heard it happen where a system administrator account becomes a regular account.
-Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Sep 30, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Dale Goodvin wrote: > i have: imac, 700mhz, G4, OSX10.3.9 > > I am unable to add another user; that option is grayed out; i'm the > administrator and only listed user; the little lock icon is unlocked. > > I am unable to restore from any disc. > > i've repaired permissions to no avail. > > need help > > thanks, > > dale > > "In most cases there is no free exercise whatever ... of the moral > sense." / "I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own > fashion. Let us see who is the strongest."--Henry David Thoreau > "I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity."-- > Bob Dylan > Everybody got all the money/Everybody got all the beautiful clothes > Everybody got all the flowers/I don't have one single rose > I feel a change comin' on"--Bob Dylan, 2009 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---