Reset MacintoshPowerbookG3 Lombard (tech savvy help please)?

Question

I recently purchased a Macintosh Powerbook G3 Lombard at a yardsale, it is password protected, how can I get around it in order to change the password or even access the functions? Its product number is QT922DTEXW I think. Heres the wiki of it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_G3 Please help in any way you can

Answer 1

If you have an OS disk that can boot the Mac then hold down the C key on startup, go through the boot up and first couple of screens and when you can pick the menus at the top of the screen you should see one option to reset the password.



This will work unless they have locked out the option to reset the password before you bought it.

Answer 2

Haskell, that's the procedure to reset the open firmware password. It does NOTHING for the OS password.



Look up the procedure for a single user mode password reset. You can basically reset the setup assistant and create a new admin account, but the procedure varies depending on the version of OS X you're using. It would probably be easier to get ahold of a Mac OS 10.3 CD set and use those to wipe it clean.

Answer 3

Ask the previous owner for the password.

Use the supplied disks to change the password.

No Disks? Call Apple to request them. Apple may charge a fee for them.