MAC Password

I've bought a used IMAC Laptob. Whenever I try to install something
like OS Update or something like that... it asks me for a password.
Since I'm not a Mac user I don't know other details.
The machine i got is a G3 900 Mhz with 384 MB RAM.
I know nothing about MAC. So I'll appreciate if you can explain me the
procedure step by step.

AVAZ

In article <3b71bcf0.0405192302.1825e82a RemoveThis @posting.google.com>, Avaz
<avazferoze RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote:

 > I've bought a used IMAC Laptob. Whenever I try to install something
 > like OS Update or something like that... it asks me for a password.
 > Since I'm not a Mac user I don't know other details.
 > The machine i got is a G3 900 Mhz with 384 MB RAM.
 > I know nothing about MAC. So I'll appreciate if you can explain me the
 > procedure step by step.

If you can't get hold of the original owner to find out the password,
then you'll need the original system installer disk that came with the
machine in order to reset the password. Here's an article that will
help (in fact, this whole web site will help):

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156</a>

(The sub-heading "Resetting the original administrator account
password" is the one you want.)

If you didn't receive any CDs with the computer, then you're going to
have to re-purchase the operating system for $129. If that's the case,
I strongly recommend tracking the seller down and telling him he sold
you an unusable machine, and you either need that password or the MacOS
install CDs.

Hope that helps.

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