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devastator777
Nov 24, 2005, 10:42 PM
Hello there roomies I have a problem with my dual 867 pm, I unhooked for 2 months and when I turned on the power it went into asking for a password, the problem is I had my mac for so long that I forgot. I tried also putting a panther OS into the drive it still asks me for a password. Is there a way or am I screwed? Please help, many thanks in advance.

Regards,

Daniel:(


Sun Baked
Nov 24, 2005, 10:47 PM
I see you did a good job of protecting you from yourself. :p

Try this... Force Removing Password Protectionwhat you all think off these advice from this website ?

bit long but might work


http://www.securemac.com/openfirmwarepasswordprotection.php
devastator777
Nov 24, 2005, 11:19 PM
:mad:
Koodauw
Nov 24, 2005, 11:53 PM
You should check this out

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=159703

it might just do the trick.
dragula53
Nov 24, 2005, 11:58 PM
Hello there roomies I have a problem with my dual 867 pm, I unhooked for 2 months and when I turned on the power it went into asking for a password, the problem is I had my mac for so long that I forgot. I tried also putting a panther OS into the drive it still asks me for a password. Is there a way or am I screwed? Please help, many thanks in advance.

Regards,

Daniel:(

you did hold down C when trying to boot off of the disk, right?

No offense intended, because I have never been asked for an admin password when reinstalling an OS.
EricNau
Nov 25, 2005, 12:34 AM
Didn't you give yourself a hint? If you get it wrong 3 times in a row (I think), it will give you a hint if you provided one.
superbovine
Nov 25, 2005, 09:51 PM
Hello there roomies I have a problem with my dual 867 pm, I unhooked for 2 months and when I turned on the power it went into asking for a password, the problem is I had my mac for so long that I forgot. I tried also putting a panther OS into the drive it still asks me for a password. Is there a way or am I screwed? Please help, many thanks in advance.

Regards,

Daniel:(

boot from the tiger dvd there will be a utility to reset you password.

edit: nix that you have an openfirmware problem
Sun Baked
Nov 25, 2005, 10:03 PM
boot from the tiger dvd there will be a utility to reset you password.

edit: nix that you have an openfirmware problemIf he cannot find the password reset utility on the Panther disk ... ;)

If you can boot from the CD/DVD

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156
mduser63
Nov 26, 2005, 12:27 AM
It sounds like you've got an open firmware password. I think you're going to have to use the force removing password protection method linked to in the first reply. I also found this page that might have some useful information (at the bottom): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482
Will Cheyney
Nov 26, 2005, 06:12 AM
Put in your Mac OS X installation disc, restart whilst holding down the 'C' key.
Once loaded, select 'Password reset' from one of the menus.

Follow the instructions and you'll be able to reset the password no problem!