Thanks for that Daniel.
Might try a few more "guesses" then before I give up!
And on another note, got a phone call from Macs4U this morning to say
the ethernet port is not repairable, so will have to go fetch the emac
back - hopefully tomorrow, need info on it ...
(would have today but atm I'm physically knackered! Not supposed to
lift heavy stuff.)
Don't know what it's going to cost for that info!
A USB to ethernet cable is $8.00 but they're not sure if it will work.
Can reinstall, have system disk, can't remember how I got Classic on
the emac - does it come automatically with OS10.3?
Classic is vital or I won't be able to use my legit/registered 5.02
version of Photoshop!!
Cheers .. BarbZ
On 25/03/2010, at 12:37 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Barb
I won't put too much faith in the 7 dots. Most of those "fields" will
revert
to 7 dots regardless of how long the password is. This makes it harder
for
anyone trying to "guess" what someones password is.
You can imagine if someone had "Cat" as their password, then 3 dots
showing,..someone trying to guess would have a pretty easy guess.
Likewise
if the persons password is 13 characters long,...but they only see 7
dots,..they are going to try and guess a 7 letter password,..and be no
where
near the actual password. ;o)
Probably doesn't help at all, but just thought I'd mention it.
Normally if the account name is admin and they've set the password the
same
then it can either be admin or Admin (Passwords are case sensitive).
But yes, if nothing works, best to reset it off a DVD/CD with an OS on
it.
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 25/3/10 12:19 AM, "Barb Zahari" <buzz...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
As far as I can see there's only one account listed - shows account
name & Admin,
but then in the "Password" box it shows a 7 dot (character) password &
I have no idea what that is!!
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