Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 8, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Brooks Heinlein wrote: > I don't think it would run OS X, I want the same OS that's on the > mac now. > It will run up to 10.3 natively. As Beverly mentioned you can get a copy of OS 9 downloaded from Apple in the form of the Netboot image, but if you want a C

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-08 Thread Brooks Heinlein
I don't think it would run OS X, I want the same OS that's on the mac now. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Beverly Woods wrote: > > > At 5:04 PM -0400 5/6/2009, Brooks Heinlein wrote: > >> So is there anyway I can get a CD? Preferably for free? > > Dan wrote: > > Apple will provide replacement m

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-07 Thread Beverly Woods
> At 5:04 PM -0400 5/6/2009, Brooks Heinlein wrote: >> So is there anyway I can get a CD? Preferably for free? > Dan wrote: > Apple will provide replacement media for free or a small charge. I doubt this would apply to an OS past the original OS provided with the machine. Many G3 iMacs shipped wi

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-07 Thread Dan
At 5:04 PM -0400 5/6/2009, Brooks Heinlein wrote: >So is there anyway I can get a CD? Preferably for free? Apple will provide replacement media for free or a small charge. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rec

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-06 Thread Brooks Heinlein
So is there anyway I can get a CD? Preferably for free? On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 7:32 PM -0500 5/4/2009, Gary Fortman wrote: > >Don't pirate the OS? > >Get real! He said he got the iMac from a school. > >Therefore the school had a license for whatever OS is on the machin

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-05 Thread Dan
At 7:32 PM -0500 5/4/2009, Gary Fortman wrote: >Don't pirate the OS? >Get real! He said he got the iMac from a school. >Therefore the school had a license for whatever OS is on the machine. >It would pass to a new owner, so whatever OS is on the machine is valid. >He just needs to get a system CD

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-04 Thread Gary Fortman
Don't pirate the OS? Get real! He said he got the iMac from a school. Therefore the school had a license for whatever OS is on the machine. It would pass to a new owner, so whatever OS is on the machine is valid. He just needs to get a system CD and install the OS again. Gary On May 4, 2009, at

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-04 Thread Dan
At 2:47 PM -0400 5/3/2009, Brooks Heinlein wrote: >I recently purchased an old iMac that used to be owned by a school, >there are two user accounts, student and teacher, the teacher >(admin) account is password protected and the person I bought it >from doesn't know the password. Is there any w

Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-04 Thread Brooks Heinlein
I recently purchased an old iMac that used to be owned by a school, there are two user accounts, student and teacher, the teacher (admin) account is password protected and the person I bought it from doesn't know the password. Is there any way to get around this? I was thinking about re-installing