Hi James, On 05 Dec 2009, at 6:26 PM, James & Nash wrote:, "I think, if it is a retail copy of SL, then it can be any retail copy" If I am reading this, as it seams, I do not know why we even bother with "passwords" and encoding", for all we need to break in is a "copy or retail disk", or am I missing something? Cheers, U2me&me2u, Stan.
On 05 Dec 2009, at 6:26 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi Stan, > > I think, if it is a retail copy of SL, then it can be any retail copy. > On 5 Dec 2009, at 15:00, Stan wrote: > >> Hi James, >> You wrote, >>> "I think you can fix this if you use your installation DVD" >> I presume for security, it must be the "actual disk" you used with >> the setting up of the machine, and not just any "installation disk". >> Cheers, >> U2me&me2u, >> Stan. >> >> On 05 Dec 2009, at 3:46 PM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> You wrote: >>>> Hello, I just installed an Imac yesterday and some how I've got >>>> myself in a situation where my authentication name or password >>>> seems to be invalid whenever I try to install new software. >>>> Apparently I didn't type what I thought when first registering the >>>> machine. >>>> In any case how can I fix this situation? >>> >>> I think you can fix this if you use your installation DVD. After >>> booting from the DVD and passing the Language selection screen, you >>> can find a Password Reset or Recovery function in the Utilities >>> menu. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> James >>> On 5 Dec 2009, at 12:06, David McLean wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, I just installed an Imac yesterday and some how I've got >>>> myself in a situation where my authentication name or password >>>> seems to be invalid whenever I try to install new software. >>>> Apparently I didn't type what I thought when first registering the >>>> machine. >>>> In any case how can I fix this situation? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries >>>> +unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>>> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries >>> +unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries >> +unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >> group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries > +unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.