Override the Login password??

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alleyezonme

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Hello I posted in questions too, but it seems very dead in there...

My problem is this. I acquired an iMac through work and do not know anything baout the history of it or anything. I need a password to be able to login too. I do not have one! The Original user has one but i don't know it. So is there anyway to overried it or anything so i can use this computer?

thank you
 
Boot your computer from a bootable MacOS X distribution CD. You can reset the password once the computer boots up.
 
Will any one work? My mom's B/F is into mac's and has a iMac G5, would the OS disk from that work or do I need one specifically for this imac? I do not have any software for mine!
 
It will not boot it even. Because I tried that with a iMac G5's Boot disk in my G4 Power Mac. It acts as if it going to load then when it gets to the point after asking you what language you are going to use. Then here is where Apple's got you comes in to play. The next screen where you would be able to get to the tooles you need. Up pops a screen telling you that OS X can not be installed on this hardware. The only thing you can do is click the restart button. You will need a copy of the OS that you can buy from the Apple store or other online retailers to get your mac up and running. Hope that helps you out.
 
DARN!! Does anyone know where i can buy this online since it is older I am having some trouble... thanks again for all the advice
 
Yes go here OWC the link will take you to the page you need to be in to order what ever OS you may want from 9.2, 10.2 to 10.4. Hope that helps you out.
 
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