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joeschmeaux
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on: January 02, 2007, 18:59
Hi everybody, I'm new here. I heard about this site on Lowendmac. I am inheriting my mother's (who died a few years ago) IIsi. I turned it on for the first time in probably 5 years, and it started up like a charm and displayed a screen saver with a password box -- gotta love them Apples! However I'm not able to type in the password. I don't know if my father remembers the correct password, but when I enter what my he thinks is the password (the command key three times), no asterisks come up in the password box. Why don't the stars show up? I have a few other older macs with 7.6 and when I password protected them -- just to try the feature -- the password box is not within a screen saver and an asterisk appears for every character you enter. The only characters which display are apples when you press the space bar. I tried it a number of times, but each time I pressed return it just started the screen saver moving again. I know with OS X, you can boot the machine with the install disk and change it with the password changing app. Is this possible with OS 7? I don't know for sure which version it is, but I think it's 7.5.x because there are some install disks that say 7.5.(I don't remember), along with a bunch of other software in a box on her desk -- yes, my dad is finally getting around to clearing out her office, which has been left in its original state like a museum until now. I could just try booting from the install disks and start rooting around, but I'd rather find out what I'm doing before I screw something up. Thanks in advance and a happy new year to all. |
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #1 on: January 02, 2007, 23:32
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Mac OS 7 does not come with a screen saver. If you're seeing a screen saver, it is some after market program (probably AfterDark) and that program's password protection works a little different than the PowerBook Password Protection built into Mac OS 7. Yes, you can boot into a System 7 install disk and remove the password thing.
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joeschmeaux
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4 MB Posts: 4
Reply #2 on: January 03, 2007, 00:18
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Thank you very much.
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Vesuvio
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8 MB Posts: 11
Reply #3 on: January 03, 2007, 04:55
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Another simple fix is to hold down the Shift key on reboot until you see the "Extensions Disabled" notice. Some of the advanced third-party security tools offered the option to disable this, but I doubt a simple screensaver would. Once the machine is up and running without the extra extensions, you can look in the Control Panels and Extensions folders for likely culprit and drag it to the trash --V
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