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PKIDelirium
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2006-12-08, 19:07

Title says it all. Someone asked me how to reset the admin password on an old PowerBook running OS 8.6. He has the install discs, but I'm no good with Classic. Any ideas?

Edit: Nevermind, he got it.
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Brad
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2006-12-08, 19:11

And the solution was?

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PKIDelirium
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2006-12-08, 19:13

He found an old support doc on it, and the only method was to reinstall the OS. Apparently it didn't have a reset option like the OS X discs.
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