Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD

Someone gave a friend a Macbook computer – Intel Core 2 duo. The new owner did not have the former’s password, and was unable to install updates and other programs, or modify the email address in Mail. One solution to the problem was to do a fresh install, but we didn’t have the OS 10.5 […]

Posted at 5:55 pm on June 24, 2010 | Leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Continue reading →

“Starting Acronis Loader.. No commands for booting operating system. Press to restart”

I had this problem recently, and Rogeale’s tip here: http://dpnow.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=2807 was useful. Boot from the XP install disc. Your hardware will be investigated. 1st screen – Windows loads files. 2nd screen – Welcome to Setup Press ‘Enter’ to setup XP (NOT ‘R’ to repair) 3rd screen – Licence conditions – press F8. 4th screen – […]

Posted at 5:31 pm on June 24, 2010 | Leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Continue reading →

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The purpose of this blog is simply to share some tips that resolved some of my computer problems on both the PC and Mac. I started this because I didn’t want to sign up to every forum that helped me solve a problem and where I had some tips of my own to add.

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