Hello, To set your account so that you can log in without being prompted for a password, you need to make changes in the Accounts menu under System Preferences.
1. VO-M to the menu bar, arrow down in the Apple menu and press "s y" to go to "System Preferences" 2. In the Systems Preferences window, navigate to the "Accounts" menu button (using tab, VO-Right arrow or item chooser menu) and press the button (VO-Space) 3. In the Accounts window, interact and VO-Right arrow to the "Accounts and Login Options" list. 4. Interact with the "Accounts and Login Options" list and navigate to "Login Options". 5. Stop interacting and VO-Down arrow to where you hear "Click the lock to make changes". You will need to unlock the screen using your Administrator password. 6. Press (VO-Space) on the lock, then type in your password in the dialog window that appears. 7. VO-Right arrow past "Automatic login:" and press (VO-Space) the pop up button to select the account you wish to enable. 8. A dialog window will appear prompting you fort the password to this account. Type in the password and press enter. 9. At this point you could use item chooser menu to navigate to the lock, and press it (VO-Space) to prevent further changes. However, you might first want to create another account to use for test purposes, or to log into if you somehow manage to disable the other account. If so, navigate to the "Add User" button and press (VO- Space), then fill in the user name and password information and create the account, before locking the settings (VO-Space on the lock button). 10. Command-Q to quite the Accounts menu. HTH. By the way, are you a French speaker? (I don't usually hear the phrase: "everything works cent pour cent"; in English, this would be "everything works 100 per cent"). Cheers, Esther Dr.Khalid wrote: > Thanks Esther now everything works cent pour cent. I reset the > password, and OS X now is up-to-date. I installed updates that are > more than 1gb in that MacBook :) .. > > Now each time I restart the machine, I have to type the password. > How can I have Mac log in without asking for a password? > > All the Best > Khalid > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Esther > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:20 AM > Subject: Re: Updating Mac 10.5 (password) > > Hello, > > I went and found my install discs and inserted them to check the > instructions. I think what you found is simply that the Apple menu > (the first menu on the menu bar when you use VO-M) is dimmed. This > is because all those operations reference the system loaded on the > hard drive, and you are by-passing the hard drive to boot off the > install disc. If you arrow across to any of the other menu options > on the menu bar and specifically, if you press "u" or navigate with > your arrow keys to the Utilities menu on the menu bar and arrow > down, none of the entries should be dimmed. If you arrow down to > the "Reset Password" option of the Utilities menu I think you will > be fine. Just remember that the password you want to reset is for > your friend -- if he has Administrator privileges. Do not select > System Administrator as the account for the password you want to > reset. Also, don't worry or try to set anything about keychains. > Chances are that if your friend never knew his password that there > are no keychains to worry about. > > You can quit at any time with Command-Q, or by choosing the option > to quit from the Installer menu on the menu bar. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Dr.Khalid wrote: > >> Thanks for the instruction . >> >> I was able to choose English from the list of languages, then I >> pressed continue. I then searched for utility which I couldn't >> find . So I pressed VO-M , but all the options were dimmed . I >> couldn't choose the system preference.. I then pressed continue, >> and I got the options, to update OS x or to erase and install, >> or archive and install... >> >> I didn't want to mess around , so I didn't choose any of these >> options .. How can I get to utility to change the password ? Any >> help is appreciated .. >> >> TIA >> Khalid >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Esther >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:57 PM >> Subject: Re: Updating Mac 10.5 (password) >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Daniel answered your question that the "c" key was the letter "c". >> There are various keys that you can hold down while the Mac is >> booting that determine the boot mode. Most of these stand for >> modes that are easy to remember. "C" stands for Boot from inserted >> CD or DVD; the Shift key stands for Boot into Safe mode (a >> restricted access mode where you only bring up a subset of the >> operating system where audio and network connections are disabled >> -- this mode is not accessible, but certain problems can be fixed >> by just booting into this mode (without logging in), and >> then rebooting normally; "T" stands for boot into target disk mode >> (when you connect to another Mac via a Firewire cable and use its >> disk to boot the second machine -- this no longer works with the >> newest MacBooks that have no Firewire ports; "D' stands for boot >> from the hard drive, etc. >> >> For the formal instructions see this Apple help article: >> >> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/11627.html >> (Mac OS X 10.5 Help: If you forget your Administrator Password) >> >> This describes the boot sequence and how to navigate to reset the >> password. Just make sure to start up VoiceOver as your first >> action after the Mac boots from the install disc (while you hold >> down the "C" key. You may need to use Fn-Command-F5 on the laptop >> instead of Command-F5. (I don't remember, so you may have to try >> both to start up VoiceOver). Then select your language, etc. >> >> HTH >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> Dr.Khalid wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
