Hi, What model macbook do you have? Any chance your numeric pad lock was on and instead on characters on the right side of the keyboard, you're getting numeric values?
Try the reset password option but use one that's on the left like only, aka "asdf" just for fun. Also, try hooking up an external USB keyboard for fun, if you have one. --Scott >Very strange. I changed botth the system admin and my user passwords >and neither would work. I'm going to now end up creating a new account >and archiving the old data from the previous account. Yuck! I justt >don't know what happened here. > > >On Jul 5, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Dan suggested you use the install DVD and under utilities use the >> reset password option. If this does not work for some reason, you can >> create a new account and delete the old one. WHen you delete the old >> account, it will give you the opportunity to save the contents of the >> user account you are deleting. This way you can recover the data. I >> recommend you make a backup of the home folder regardless of what you >> do as an extra safety measure. >> On Jul 5, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: >> >>> >>> ÎHi, >>> >>> I'm having a problem with logging in to my Macbook Pro and hope >>> someone can offer some help. I'll try to be concise here but this >>> is a >>> bit of a long story. >>> >>> 1. For some reason when I turned on my Macbook last week it would not >>> boot up. I hear the startup sound and the apple logo appears on >>> screen >>> but it won't go further. >>> 2. After doing some reading it appeared that the best course of >>> action >>> was to insert the OSX Leopard disk and re-install the OS but not to >>> delete the existing contents of the drive. >>> 3. I inserted the Mac OSX installation disk, turned off the machine >>> and re-started while holding down the C key. >>> 4. The OSX installation began and I was able to re-install >>> everything. >>> 5. The machine re-started after the installation and took mee to the >>> usual log-in screen. The screen shows me as the admin user, has my >>> picture and my name and asks for the password for the account. This >>> is >>> the only account on the machine and I am obviously the admin. >>> 6. I typed in the password that I had before the system had these >>> problems and it would not accept it. I had it reveal the password >>> hint >>> which is exactly the same as previous. I absolutely do remember the >>> password and have used the same one for almost a year now with no >>> problems. I conclude the account still exists because my user account >>> is still showing at log-in. >>> >>> I've tried a couple of solutions here, the most promising seemed to >>> be >>> that you could launch the OSX installation disk again and get to a >>> utilities option rather than installing anything. However, I can't >>> locate a utilities button anywhere. >>> >>> Has this happened to anyone and do you have any suggestions about how >>> to deal with this. Unfortunately, I have some but not all of the >>> contents of this drive backed-up and would seriously rather not end >>> up >>> having to format it. >>> >>> Thanks for any help you can offer. >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > -- --Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
