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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 590961" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>I did a little bit of Googling. One article says you need the install disc, but in the case of a missing disc, suggests either trying to get replacement ones free from Apple (the one that would have shipped with the computer) or buying it cheap off ebay. I couldn't find anything else that says how to reset the admin password without an install disc.</p><p> </p><p>Someone did post a comment in one forum suggesting the following:</p><p></p><p> </p><p>I can't vouch for this method, so hopefully someone will post an opinion here. In any event, if you do it, log in to root only long enough to do what is needed, then leave it be. Root has full, unrestricted access to everything in the system and you can royally hose the computer if you aren't careful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 590961, member: 38864"] I did a little bit of Googling. One article says you need the install disc, but in the case of a missing disc, suggests either trying to get replacement ones free from Apple (the one that would have shipped with the computer) or buying it cheap off ebay. I couldn't find anything else that says how to reset the admin password without an install disc. Someone did post a comment in one forum suggesting the following: I can't vouch for this method, so hopefully someone will post an opinion here. In any event, if you do it, log in to root only long enough to do what is needed, then leave it be. Root has full, unrestricted access to everything in the system and you can royally hose the computer if you aren't careful. [/QUOTE]
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