Administrator privilege

[xUAEx]

Hey every1

I have a small question 4 u

a few weeks ago I graduated from an institute, and went back to my country, The institute gave me a MacBook pro, but without the admin privilege, and they told me that I can keep it when I graduate, but after graduation I forgot to ask the technician to give me the admin password, and now I can't do a lot of things with it. I tried to email the technician but I can't log in to my email since I'm not a student anymore.

Is there any possible way to gain the admin password?

I would really appreciate you help!

 

[bobtomay]

create a new email account (google, yahoo, etc) and email the technician requesting it

 

[xUAEx]

create a new email account (google, yahoo, etc) and email the technician requesting it

No that's not what i meant!
I don't have the technician's email anymore, because his address was in the email the institute have provided me with.

 

[McBie]

Contact the institute and explain the situation, telling them that you are a graduated student with a notebook provided by them and ask the password ( or the technician's E-mail )

Weird situation I must say ..... ( no disrespect no anyone )

Cheers ... McBie

 

[xUAEx]

well, I've heard that a CD that comes with the laptop allows you to gain the password, so is it right?

 

[McBie]

Maybe .
Do you have the disks for the laptop ?
Can you describe what's printed on the disks ?

Cheers ... McBie

 

[p3ezi(moto)]

Hey every1

I have a small question 4 u

a few weeks ago I graduated from an institute, and went back to my country, The institute gave me a MacBook pro, but without the admin privilege, and they told me that I can keep it when I graduate
I would really appreciate you help!

hey what institute was this...

 

[xUAEx]

Maybe .
Do you have the disks for the laptop ?
Can you describe what's printed on the disks ?

Cheers ... McBie

I'm sorry I replied 2 late
I was pretty busy and it's 2 AM!
I'll take a look at the CD and tell u what's printed on it, but I have to visit my bed for 8 hours first!

 

[xUAEx]

hey what institute was this...

Institute of applied technology, don't bother it's in the UAE.

 

[p3ezi(moto)]

Institute of applied technology, don't bother it's in the UAE.

ok. would be a real good opportunity to study Islam there though.

 

[harryb2448]

Provided it is not Firmware Password Protected, buy Snow Leopard full retail install DVD, format the drive, partition using GUID under Options, and do a clean install.

 

[xUAEx]

Actually I found 2 CD's

"Applications install DVD" and "Mac OS X Install DVD"

 

[bobtomay]

You'll need to boot from the "OS X Install DVD" and follow the tutorial for "resetting the original administrator account password".

Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password

 

[xUAEx]

You'll need to boot from the "OS X Install DVD" and follow the tutorial for "resetting the original administrator account password".

Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password

I read every single step, but when I started applying the steps, Mac stopped b4 I reach the first one!

 

[bobtomay]

Make sure you have scrolled down the screen to "resetting the original administrator account password" and open that link and not using the first directions for resetting a user's password.

 

[xUAEx]

Make sure you have scrolled down the screen to "resetting the original administrator account password" and open that link and not using the first directions for resetting a user's password.

That's what I did, but it's still asking me for the Admin password!

 

[McBie]

Suggestion:
1) Backup the important stuff to an external had disk
2) Do a clean install from the DVD's
3) Restore your backup

Done.

Cheers ... McBie

 

[xUAEx]

Never mind guys, i'll just take it to the Mac store, because there are a lot of great programs that I do not want to waste!

Thanks for your help everybody!