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#1 2005-08-04 8:57 pm
- manh
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help!!! new user
sorry, first of all, i dont know where to post this question becuase this is my first time...
anyways, i just got a used iMAC G4, and wanted to whip it clean (format).
can anyone show me a guide in doing so?.
thanks ahead
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#2 2005-08-04 9:15 pm
- Dunkin'
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Re: help!!! new user
Take the OS install disk you got with the iMac and put it in the optical drive. Restart your iMac while holding down the c key. When the iMac boots up to the install screen use the utilities menu item to select erase the hard drive. When that is done install the OS from the disc.
Lucky you to have an iMac G4!
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#3 2005-08-04 9:16 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
thanks for the help Dunkin'
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#4 2005-08-04 9:33 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
Why not just trash any stuff you don't want and leave the operating system alone? 
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#5 2005-08-04 9:50 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
this is my first time using a mac, so i wanna start fresh. so i can learn it from the beginning. its pretty confusing as is right now with all the old user's files all over the place
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#6 2005-08-04 10:00 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
Oooooh.
Here's what you could do.
Is the previous owner's account password protected? No? Good.
Create a new user account for you. Make it an admin account (administrator). Write down your name and password.
Delete the other user(s) account(s).
Wha-lah! (that's French, but I don't rite it too good like)
You are now the only user on the iMac.
If he has a password to login and you don't know the password, well, you will need a boot CD (OS install disk) to change the password. Sorry.
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#7 2005-08-04 10:12 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
how do u create a new user account?
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#8 2005-08-04 10:21 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
System Preferences
Accounts
Press the + button in the preference pane. Do what it says. Fill in the blanks.
Use Mac Help from the Finder and search for New User Account. Mac Help is very good.
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#9 2005-08-04 10:29 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
where is restart and shutdown? hahahahaha
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#10 2005-08-05 12:00 am
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Re: help!!! new user
Restart and shutdown are under the apple in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Er......upper LEFT hand corner of the screen.
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#11 2005-08-05 2:06 pm
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Re: help!!! new user
...or hit control + "eject" on your Apple keyboard.
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