Actually it turned out to be easier than I expected. I went to system preferences/accounts an tried changing my password by entering nothing in the old password field and sure enough that was the problem. Apparently the password I thought I had entered had not taken for some reason. Thanks for the help. On Dec 5, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Matt Roberts wrote:
> You can put in your OSX installation DVD, and there is a password recovery > item urn the utilities menu. This information is also available in Mac help. > > > Matt Roberts > > On Dec 5, 2009, at 7:06 AM, David McLean wrote: > >> Hello, I just installed an Imac yesterday and some how I've got myself in a >> situation where my authentication name or password seems to be invalid >> whenever I try to install new software. >> Apparently I didn't type what I thought when first registering the machine. >> In any case how can I fix this situation? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
