Help. Having a nightmare! :P

[Erendiox]

Hey everybody. Just got my hands on my powerbook. Its been running great except somehow I managed to type in the same wrong password twice when putting in the admin password. I cant install any software or anything! I know there must be some way of doing an erase and re-install to reset everything? Also, if I do this, will all the software that came with it still be there? Please help me out

Thanks!

 

[Jalexster]

Hey everybody. Just got my hands on my powerbook. Its been running great except somehow I managed to type in the same wrong password twice when putting in the admin password. I cant install any software or anything! I know there must be some way of doing an erase and re-install to reset everything? Also, if I do this, will all the software that came with it still be there? Please help me out

Thanks!

Stick your Mac OS X installer disc in. It can reset the admin password for you. Somewhere in the Installer or Disk Utility menus in the versions of those programs on the disc.

 

[rendezvouscp]

Yes, in the Installler app menu there should be a choice along the lines of "Reset Administrator Key" when you boot off the restore disc that came with your PB.
-Chase