password problem.

[oclugg]

I just upgraded my imac to OS X.4.2 and now when I turn it on it asks for a password. I never had a password using OS X 10.4. Can anyone help?

 

[edesignuk]

You would have HAD to have set one when you first created your account.

 

[oclugg]

Yeah, but would that still be on the hard drive even though I've just had everything erased and the opperating system rebuilt?

 

[edesignuk]

You said you upgraded. This is an important point, if you upgraded rather than erase and install then all your account details will be the same.

 

[oclugg]

Thanks for that. The OS needed to be re installed so I had it done this morning and everything was erased. The old OS on the Imac was 10.4. I was going through the various stages of upgrading, installing 10.4.1 etc. When I had downloaded and installed 10.4.3 then reboted it now asks for a password. I am baffled. Hope you can shed some light.