Re: Key chain failure??
- From: Harry Lockwood <hflockwood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:10:24 -0500
In article <RNmdna10Ed4wNkDeRVn-sw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
R Walter <rwalter2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gnarlodious wrote:
> > Entity Harry Lockwood spoke thus:
> >
> >
> >>My wife's iBook suddenly doesn't recognize her password when she
> >>attempts to download an Apple software update. This hasn't happened
> >>before. (caps lock is not the culprit.)
> >
> > It does not sound like a Keychain problem, it sounds like she has forgotten
> > her admin password.
> >
> > Do you have the OSX installation disk? You can boot from the disk, the first
> > window you see has a menu where you can reset admin passwords.
> >
> > -- Gnarlie
> >
> Another possibility is a bad keyboard. Your wife may think she's typing
> the right password, but the keyboard may have a dead key, or it might be
> sending extra characters when you don't realize it (happened to me
> once.) Try typing the password in a format that you can read as plain
> text. If you can't type the correct password, you'll need to switch
> keyboards.
Thanks. That was the first thing I tried; keyboard is OK.
Starting from the installation disk looks like the way to go.
HFL
--
H. Lockwood
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