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Restoring old admin account
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1532048" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Tell your son to log on to the machine as "Root". From the master root account all other accounts can be seen and the data can be copied. Also, the old admin account that you do not know the password for can be removed at the same time.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528" target="_blank">How to log on as root user - Apple</a></p><p></p><p>It might be a good idea to make a backup before doing the above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1532048, member: 46727"] Tell your son to log on to the machine as "Root". From the master root account all other accounts can be seen and the data can be copied. Also, the old admin account that you do not know the password for can be removed at the same time. [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528"]How to log on as root user - Apple[/URL] It might be a good idea to make a backup before doing the above. [/QUOTE]
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