On 09/08/2009, at 11:07 PM, Warwick Smith wrote:
Hi WAMUGers
Does anyone have a 'quick fix' for lost administrator privileges. My
personal PowerBook G4 (Mac OS X 10.5) now asks me for an
administrator name and password three times before I can use system
preferences, and no longer accepts my user name and password for any
changes.
When reviewing my system account, the administrator checkbox ("Allow
user to administer computer") is greyed out, and no longer ticked.
If I can avoid a complete reformat and reinstall, I'd prefer it, as
I'm uncertain whether even that is possible without the
administrator access being available.
Are there easier options?
In hope ...
Hello Warwick,
In System Preferences > Accounts is the lock "locked", if it is the
"Allow user to administer this computer" is unable to be ticked.
Click on the lock, then type in your password, then you should be able
to "tick" - "Allow user to administer this computer".
Then click the Lock to prevent further changes
Then "Log Out" and then "Log In" again.
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.8
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