[HELP] Panther password issue

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i got an old powerbook G4, its still running nicely though, it is old.

it still got the same'old OS X it came with, (Panther OS 10.3.9), but i got a prob.

i tried to change my password in the system>account panel, entered my old password, and where u should type the new password, there alreaddy where some "*", than i accidently hit the Enter key, so now the admin password is some standard password i dont know...

yet, i have no restore CD's, so that wont work..

does anybody know that standard password??
or is there another way to recover it???
please answer.

My regards,
Cas
 
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You need a boot cd to reset an account password
 
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Looks like you are in the market for the full retail version of Panther. Do not buy the silver/grey model specific discs.
 

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