Password problems

[Anthony Lee]

I have a new MAC OS X 10.2.8 and installed a password for it. Now I am having problems on/off again using it to log on to my computer whenever I shutdown and then restart it and am prompted to enter my password. It doesn't always work and I don't know what is going on.

Is there a way to remove my admin profile and create another one? Or would I have to install MAC OS X 10.2.8 all over again to overwrite it? And if I reinstalled MAC OS X 10.2.8, would I lose data files currently saved?

HELP!!!!!!

 

[ra3ndy]

I'd try changing the admin password first, to see if it helps.

Failing that, you can add a second account in the Accounts tab in System Preferences. You'll have the option of granting that account admin privelages when you create it. Then, once you've moved everything valuable out of your other account's user folder, you can safely delete it.

Now, unless you carefully copy over all of your preferences, etc, you'll have a standard, default account with none of the custom settings you may have done thus far.