HELP installer password isn't working

[lindsayanng]

I dont get it. It was like this for a while, but now it wont work AT ALL.

I NEED to install a plugin to listen to my satellite radio from my cpu. I'm having a cookout today and woud really like it/

ocassionally my installer would come up and i would have to type the SAME password in a thousand times before it would recognize it.. Now its not recognizing it AT ALL!! i checked cap locks and num locks.. NOTHING.. is there a way to bypass this?? or get my password.. there is only ONE user on the cpu.

 

[GGJstudios]

You may have a stuck key. Open TextEdit and type your password there, to make sure it displays properly.

 

[lindsayanng]

ok.. thank you. I will try that.

 

[lindsayanng]

nope.. No go. The password types perfectly fine in text edit.

 

[lindsayanng]

did i mention the ONLY law my life runs by is Murphy's Law

 

[Consultant]

Try an external keyboard. I just had a keyboard replacement on a 2.4 mbp.

My keyboard problem was certain key combinations won't work. For example, lowest case e works, but cannot get E with the left shift key, etc.

If you think it's software, repair permission. Change your admin password to something else and change back.

 

[lindsayanng]

I tried changing the passwords, but since i cant get the intial password "right" it wont let me change anything!!

I would THINK if it wasnt reading certian "**** + K" then i wouldnt type that way on here.. correct?

 

[lindsayanng]

tried the external keyboard for our desktop and STILL NOTHING. i dont get it.> I KNOW the password, and i asked my husband and he didnt change a thing.. I JUST put this password in not that long ago when there was the iTunes upgrade

 

[lindsayanng]

well, i'm not too worried about my party now since all of a sudden, there is a HUGE thunderstorm

This really sucks..

 

[lindsayanng]

i need to bring it in because the superdrive isnt working properly.. do your think an apple authorized repair show and reset this?

 

[e12a]

you can try resetting the root or user password through the OSX install disc. The applestore should know how to do it.

 

[lindsayanng]

well, my lovely little planned cookout got rained AND haled on.. annoying.. so i will bring it into the authorized repair shop (dont have an apple store close)

I do have the OS disks, but i think i will just bring it in.. i dont like to mess with my computer too much.

 

[Pickoff]

Well, if it displays everywhere else fine, then it is not a hardware issue; Apple will do the same thing that was just suggested: boot from the Install disc and use Reset Password under Utilities. Someone must have changed it up on you, maybe in the same manner if they are Mac-savvy.