Thanks, Ward, that did it! Cathy On 9/17/07 4:45 PM, "Ward Oldham" <woldham at insightbb.com> wrote:
> hey cathy, > > try the Option key instead of the C key. This allows you to select the DVD as > your startup disk. Click the right arrow next. > > Your goal is to reset the passwords, giving you access. (look for the > Utilities pull down menu) Then set up the accounts you want. > > Ward > > > On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:37 PM, cgreen1 wrote: > >> Hello group! >> >> Need help logging in: ?inherited a G4 desktop from the director of ESL to >> use in my new school, but it would not start up. ?The tech guy came today and >> put in a new battery, and it works great, except for one problem: ?I can?t >> log in under any of the users. ? >> >> So I loaded Tiger, thinking I could do a clean install and set up a new user >> account. ?Didn?t work, the same old users appear, all of which require a >> password. ?Tried restarting off the install disk, holding down the C key, but >> that didn?t work either. ? >> >> What do I need to do to set up a new admin account and student account? >> >> TIA, >> Cathy GREEN >> Seneca ESL Teacher >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane.? >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070917/b28c24ad/attachment.html
