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Thread ID: 100330 2009-06-04 02:57:00 NEED URGENT HELP FROM MAC WIZ nedkelly (9059) Press F1
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779569 2009-06-04 02:57:00 Hey my mates friend forgot her password on her laptop so i reset it with the install disk but then I could not log in was getting the message "You are unable to log in to the user account [name] at this time" so I thought I would just grab her folder. Then found out that she had turned on Filevault and made a sparse image of her user folder, and forgot the Filevault password so I wiped the password and then tried to find the sparse image, and some how she had deleted the image while being the only user on the laptop. So now I got the sparse image sitting on my desktop password protected with the same password that she used and forgot for her login details, so I back to square 1 again. Please tell me there is an easy way to bypass the password. nedkelly (9059)
779570 2009-06-04 03:49:00 If resetting it didn't fix it then its a virus. pctek (84)
779571 2009-06-04 04:21:00 If resetting it didn't fix it then its a virus. Isn't life funny sometimes -- Just finished watching This Video (www.zdnet.com.au fea_l1) From the sites news letter :) wainuitech (129)
779572 2009-06-04 04:57:00 not a virus just a really strong encrypted archive nedkelly (9059)
779573 2009-06-04 04:58:00 I Know bugger all about MC's and dont want to - But Is this what you did? (kb.wisc.edu)

Interesting remark in the first set of instructions -
For example, if you reset a password on a computer running Mac OS X 10.3 with an OS X 10.4 disc, you will not be able to log into the account.
wainuitech (129)
779574 2009-06-04 06:13:00 The point of FileVault is to protect your files. If you forget the password, there is no way of accessing those files because they are encrypted - thus the red warning sign in the Security preferences. You would be better to ask around the MacRumors forums, but I suspect you will be out of luck.


If resetting it didn't fix it then its a virus.
:rolleyes:
maccrazy (6741)
779575 2009-06-04 10:41:00 Honestly some people. She had the password all the time. And I have no idea how it matches her hint. The hint was poppy and she was thinking of the flower. But it was popcorn. POPCORN. I really do wonder about some people. nedkelly (9059)
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