Power on password?

[rosss]

When powering up my friends IMAC it ask for a username and password.
There is none and my friend just clicks on login and then every thing works find.
It's just a pain each time to do this. Is there a way to remove this step.
He tells me that this just started to do this and that it was not there when he 1st got the Mac.
Any ideas?

 

[dekan]

Whaty do you mean by powering up? switch it on? If you mean the login screen for osx, you can change that: Open System Preferences -> Accounts. At the left bottom there is "login options". Click on that one and select "Automatically log in as"

 

[rosss]

that is what they must be talking about.
Thank You.

 

[dekan]

:headphone

 

[rosss]

OK. He tells me that when he gets to login option it's gray out.
He then clicks on the pad lock which ask for a PW.
The Password that used to work does not work anymore.
The hint take hem back to the password that is not working.
Is there any way to remove the PW?

 

[dekan]

Sounds like the root passwd your friend is missing. here is a guide how to reset it:
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_reset_my_mac_os_x_admin_root_password.html

hope it helps

 

[rosss]

I'll have he give that a shoot..
Thanks