Installing InDesign

[sgravel]

Re-installing InDesign on Mac OSX 10.3.9. Admin and password keeps coming up but there is no password set. If you delete Admin and hit cancel Admin appears again and asks for password. Positive there is no password.

 

[dblakew]

Reset Password

Reset Password

You can reset the password by starting up from the install disk:

Resetting the original administrator account password

Follow these steps to reset a password when there is only one administrator account on the computer, or if the original administrator account (of several) needs a password reset. "Original" administrator account refers to the one that was created immediately after installing Mac OS X. If the original administrator password is known, the original administrator user may reset the passwords of other administrator accounts using the steps described above.

1. Start up from a Mac OS X Install CD (one whose version is closest the the version of Mac OS X installed). You should first disable Open Firmware password protection, if it is enabled. Hold the C key as the computer starts.

2. Choose Reset Password from the Installer menu (or Utilities menu in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger). Tip: If you don't see this menu or menu choice, you're probably not started from the CD yet.

3. Select your Mac OS X hard disk volume.

4. Set the user name of your original administrator account.

Important: Do not select "System Administrator (root)". This is actually a reference to the root user. Do not confuse it with a normal administrator account.

5. Enter a new password.
6. Click Save.

Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password

 

[sgravel]

Thanks so much!!

 

[prep]

I don't use a password on my home computer.

Whenever I have to Authenticate, I just hit the return.

It is the same thing as not typing anything (no password used).

Get it.