spanish/english keyboard

Hi Everybody, this is my first post in this forum even though i visit frequently. So far I have found solution to everything here but I have this problem which is not so common.

here is the story:

I have a Macbook Pro which I bough about a month ago. It has a spanish keyboard which includes the letter "ñ". So a couple of days ago a decided to change the login password. The new pasword includes the letter ñ (not a good idea). But for some reason when I try to lgin the new password does not work. I am pretty sure it is because the keyboard went to english mode and when you type ñ it is actually typing ":"

To type ñ you do alt+n then n again, but i tried that on my dads mac air which also has a spanish keyboard and does not work probably because of the spanish keyboard.


I also tried his isntall disk on my lap to reset the adm password but evry time I click on the disk to get into the menus it just freezes. I also tried some of the methods to change it with out the disk but nothing worked.

Does any of you have any experience with something similar? any ideas?

First thing I notice - your dad's Mac Air disk will not work with your MBP. You will need the original disks that came with your computer. If they're not available, you'll need a retail version of whatever OS you're using in order to change your password.