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Grandma forgot password

I am at my grandma's house for a week (this is my winter break). She is a cool grandma and all, but she forgot the password. She put a dang administrator password on the computer and I just downloaded the newest flash player so that i can play, but it requires the dang password. We have no idea. She hates computers. Any tips? Yes, all help is appreciated... even if it means how to hack. thank you all!

Posted 12 months ago by Avariella Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Enjoy the week with your grandma. Life's short.

    I couldn't help you to be honest. What you can do, is make another admin account from that account. As long as you're logged in, which I assume you are. And from that admin account, change the password of the current account.
    Posted 12 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh yeah, she goes to bed at six, though. Funky grandma, huh? She is in bed now :( 
    Thank you Rook! I haven't ever seen you online at the same time as I- i hope you do not mind my friending you?
    Posted 12 months ago by Avariella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I got pass the thing tho, in fact, i just need to be in the process of installing it, then open the game, then stop the downloading:) So far so good. I shall wait till morning, see if gran remembers it then:)
    oh lordie- one problem: this is a new mac, and yet it takes about 4 minutes for the game to load:| any tips? (new desktop mac, that is)
    Posted 12 months ago by Avariella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :)

    You were required to type a password to make another account? Damn. I hope she remembers
    Posted 12 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hrm? no, i just keep downloading flash. i get about 10 minutes each time. it just reset on me. nothing about passwords. that confuses me:( what were you saying? isn't there command prompt on macs? how do i see what the password is? lol this seems sketchy now
    Posted 12 months ago by Avariella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tell gran she should keep index cards of her passwords or use keepassx to remember them for her......seriously I wish you luck with this one :-)
    Posted 12 months ago by Addie Sparkhall Subscriber! | Permalink
  • thanks guys!
    I am on right now, though idk how, the new flash isnt installed, i paused the process, so the game thinks i have it. though i have to refresh every so often.
    Posted 12 months ago by Avariella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Couldn't help stopping in due to the topic title.

    Are you trying to reset the administrator password on your grandma's mac? If so, have you checked google: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274 ?
    Posted 12 months ago by Byte Crook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, if you continue having problems, try using a LiveCD. Puppy Linux (or Ubuntu) works fine for me. Though I think you may have to update the flash player manually.
    Posted 12 months ago by roderick ordonez Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If it is a new Mac with OSX 10.7 (Lion) you can use the install disk to reset the global admin password.  
    See  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp2726.html
    If she is the only user, this is probably the password she needs for any system permission. And what Addie said about an index card for passwords...

    Also, if the computer is less than a year old she has warranty help. Includes free phone help for 90 days.  If she got the three year Applecare extended warranty, all phone help is free. Apple support is excellent.
    Posted 12 months ago by bludwaggie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • thank you guys for everything! advice, tips, links!:D I love this game so much! (and the people who play it esp.!)
    Posted 12 months ago by Avariella Subscriber! | Permalink