[diablo75]

This was posted in a seperate forum I visit often. I don't know much about Mac's, so I was hoping someone in here would be able to help with this problem:

"I can't remember my administrative password on my iBook to save my LIFE!!! That, of course, means there are things I can't upgrade (like newer iTunes, or installing programs).

Someone told me I could re-install my OS-X, and it would prompt me to create a new password.

45 minutes of running through THAT process, and I'm right back where I started from!

What should I do?

(And don't say "get a new computer"...it's on my list of things to do) "

[Squashman]

Are these the instructions you followed.

1. Boot up from the Mac OS X Installer CD.
2. Once you have reached the initial Installer screen, select Reset Password from the Installer menu. This will automatically launch the Reset Password application.
3. With Reset Password active, select the Mac OS X volume which contains the password you wish to change.
4. After selecting the Mac OS X volume, click on the popup menu for the admin user that you want to reset the password.
5. Once you have selected the admin user, type in the new password that you want in both the "Enter a new password for this user" and in "Reenter the new password for this user" fields.
6. Now click on the Save button to save the new password for this user.
7. After clicking on the Save button, go ahead and quit the Reset Password application which will bring you back to the initial Installer screen.
8. From the initial Installer screen, select Quit Installer for the Installer menu.
9. You will then be prompted on whether you want to quit, select the Restart button in this dialog to restart your machine.

You could also fix it by going into Single user mode.
http://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php