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Remove administrator password without reinstall disks?

I just bought a used iBook and it has a password for the admin account. I do not have the OS reinstall disks. How can I remove the password?

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I was able create a new admin account by pressing command-s at startup, and then following instructions I found online. Then I deleted the other admin account. Works great now!

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Well you taught me something new today. Could you give a link to those instructions please.

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+ nice, thank you for sharing.

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I deleted the last question, mayer.

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Great link. Archiving this one. +

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Without an original system installation disk or a retail system disk you can't remove the password. Try a simple press of the return key and see if it works. Also according to cryptologists 1/3 of all passwords are "password".

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Get solution from this official blog of mac password.

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The question was already resolved and the solution was clearly explained by delgiannotti

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Actually, he gave a very good link with a lot of good password information, albeit 4 days late ;-)

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delgiannotti will be eternally grateful.
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