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Trying to reload snow leopard on Mac Pro A1186
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1691211"><p>The padlock means that the system is sealed from alteration at the hardware level -- even erasing the hard drive won't gain access. He has two options, if there are two accounts there: use the Guest Account (but this won't let him access his stuff or change anything), or remember the password to his previous account.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: this thread indicates that there IS a way around the firmware lock: <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2757017?start=0&tstart=0" target="_blank">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2757017?start=0&tstart=0</a></p><p></p><p>At this point I would STRONGLY recommend that you take it to an authorized Apple tech with proof that the machine belongs to the owner, and let the Apple guys give him the lecture about messing around with passwords and other things he clearly didn't understand. Hopefully he didn't encrypt the hard drive as well ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1691211"] The padlock means that the system is sealed from alteration at the hardware level -- even erasing the hard drive won't gain access. He has two options, if there are two accounts there: use the Guest Account (but this won't let him access his stuff or change anything), or remember the password to his previous account. EDIT: this thread indicates that there IS a way around the firmware lock: [url]https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2757017?start=0&tstart=0[/url] At this point I would STRONGLY recommend that you take it to an authorized Apple tech with proof that the machine belongs to the owner, and let the Apple guys give him the lecture about messing around with passwords and other things he clearly didn't understand. Hopefully he didn't encrypt the hard drive as well ... [/QUOTE]
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