Hi Barb, If you haven't got anything on this iMac yet that you need to keep, why don't you do and "Erase & Clean Install" of Panther. You need to locate the Mac OS X CD. Insert the OS X CD, restart the iMac while holding down the C key, which starts up the Mac from the CD and launches the Mac OS X Installer.
How to Erase My Hard Drive in Panther: 1. Insert the Mac OS X 10.3 Install CD into the Mac and restart the computer. 2. Hold down the "C" button as the computer chimes and wait for the Mac to start up from the CD before releasing the button. 3. Click "Installer" and open "Disk Utility." 4. Select your hard drive from the list of drives on the left-hand side of the screen and click on the "Erase" tab. 5. Select the volume format you want to use from the "Volume Format" pop-up menu. 6. Click on "Options" and choose "Zero All Data," "7-Pass Erase" or "35-Pass Erase." Note: "Zero All Data" doesn't take as long as the other options and will be ok for you to use. 7. Click "OK" and "Erase." After the iMac restarts and you setup your Account and Password etc. Go here & Download the Combo OS X 10.3.9 Update & install it. <http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_Combined_Update_10_3_9> DON'T forget to "Repair Permissions" after installing the Combo Update. ===== As long as PLC did not turn on Filevault (which required a "Master Password") and If you only wish to create a new Administrator's Password in Panther: 1. Insert the Mac OS X 10.3 Install CD into the Mac and restart the computer. 2. Hold down the "C" button as the computer chimes and wait for the Mac to start up from the CD before releasing the button. 3. On the first Installer Screen, Choose "Installer > Reset Password. 4. When the "Reset Password" screen appears, click the HD that contains Mac OS X. 5. From the first pop-up Menu, choose the Name of your Account. 6. Now make a new password and type it in both boxed. 7. Click Save. 8. Close the Window, click the Installer, and Restart. AND Remember your Password ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 23/03/2010, at 11:40 AM, Barb Zahari wrote: > > Hi > > imac power PC 750 (2.2) > 400 mhz > OS 10.3.9 > > Looks like the ethernet port on my emac has died - don't know whether the > storm was responsible, but it was OK before, not working after. > > As a result (after spending half the night on the phone with 3 different > Westnet techs), I've got the grey/clear imac I bought from PLC a couple of > years ago up & running & finally internet connected. > I've never really used this imac up till now & it's never been on line before. > > Now I find it has a locked Keychain which keeps requiring a password - I > have no idea what the PLC password was/is. > It won't let me change the password because it's locked. > > (1) How do I either kill or disable Keychain, or at least unlock it? > > (2) How do I remove IE totally - don't want it & the version on here seems > unable to render any pages correctly anyway. > > (3) Where can I find a Firefox 2.0.0.20 dmg to download - have spent a > couple of hours looking & the only one I could download turned out to be > "Firefox php" .. the imac just said "Can't open this with Quicktime". > Google searches purporting to find 2.0.0.20 keep leading to later versions. > (Had no trouble downloading /opening /installing a Camino dmg for OS10.3.9). > > Thanks for any help! > Feeling mightily frustratwd atm. > (And not looking forward to getting the 30 kilo emac out & into the car to > hopefully get it fixed asap!) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
