Go to YouTube and search "hack iMac G3 administrator. The process shown in several videos involves removing the Admistrator and entering again as a newly-minted Administrator. I've rescued eleven throwaways with this!
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Dave Sheppard <ds...@nl.rogers.com> wrote: > I recently acquired several G3 I-Mac's, and all are running Panther o/s. I > need to modify them to reflect my personal parameters, but the system keeps > asking me for user (administrator) name and password. It also keeps warning > me that the disk is "almost full and that i need to delete files to free up > space. > I can't even send e-mail until the administrator allows changes, but alas- > no password. Anybody know any way around this with out wiping the whole > system and reinstalling Panther ( which i bought but it came on DVD which I > can't run - CD's only). > Dave Sheppard > > -- > 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 > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
