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hmmm. things to try: Reboot into open firmware (hold down command-option-o-f keys while booting up). When the white screen with black type shows up, release the keys. Then type the following two commands, each followed by the return key reset-nvram reset-all Your computer will reboot...

Meat's "never fails" steps for changing your username: 1. Back up the current data! 2. Make sure the hard drive is in good health. 3. Create a new admin account with the correct username. 4. Log out of the old account and log into the new account 5. Delete the old user account saving the...

Trash the combo updater, then empty the trash. Reboot either with the most current OS install disk you have, or boot into single user mode a check the drive health. If you boot from the install CD then use disk utility to repair the hard drive/primary boot volume. if you boot into single user...

Make him get OS X 10.4 and/or a new computer that can run 10.4. Life will be easier for him, and for you. Otherwise, what steps have been performed to return the machine to a usable state? Does he have the boot CD? Did he try to boot off of it (hold the "c" key down during boot up) and run...

My guess is that if you do not click on that *.download file, that the file will still disappear on it's own, then appear again with the appropriate icon and file name. At least that is what's supposed to happen... Did you try creating a new user account on the machine and downloading a file...

I also find it hard to believe that you are uploading 5 time more than you are downloading. Are you running any peer to peer file sharing software? Also, is it possible that you are using 5 times your "upload limit"? Many service providers have a separate value for upload as well as...

If you have a 10.3 boot CD that works on your machine, you can boot off that disc and reset the passwords that way.

google is your friend http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week79/thursday.ws dated info, but still should work.

If upgrading Quark is not an option, then restoring a previously working combination of the OS and Quark is the only other option that still includes using Quark. Quark is the first major page layout/graphic design software company to have released a universal binary. This goes a long way...

Theoretically, you can use the Master Password when you run Disk Utility on the sparse image. Drag the icon to the left side of Disk Utility (to where the disks are listed) then select it in Disk Utility and click repair. You generally set a Master Password before File Vaulting a user...

Installation is not as simple as deinstalling. to deinstall: type: sudo killall -TERM agent.be enter your password type: sudo rm -R /etc/bkupexec your mostly done. of course, if you added the backup server to either /etc/hosts or NetInfo Manager, then you can decide to either leave the...

No. The root account is not automatically assigned the password of the first login account/admin user. Until you enable the root account, it's password is null. When you enable it the first time, it will ask you to supply a password for the account. BE agent for OS X does not require root be...