20 Most Recent Apple MacBook PC Notebook - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Most programs that require passwords, while give you a chance to retrieve your password. They will ask a few simple security questions which you picked yourself. Then they will send a word to your email to use as a temporary password.Then you will be transfered to a screen to a screen which gives you the chance to pick a new password, they will ask you to confirm the password you just chosen, Then you are golden!!!! I really help I helped you some how1 GOOD luck! XOXO

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Check ATI graphics chip heat sink, remove the soft pad that is over the chip and contacts the metal heatsink and replace with a penny prior to 1983 for good copper content. The penny will transmit heat more effectively than pad to the heatsink and will also put tension ontop of the chip to make better contact into its own solder and it will hopefully reseat itself. the problem seems to be that the chip heats up so much that it actually lifts itself out of its surface mount solder connections and becomes disconnected and that means no video. Look up "Mac ATI reflow"

hmm and trying to eject it from desktop(click and choose eject disk) does not help?

Visit the Apple Store.

If you have the disks that cam with the laptop insert it.
Turn the power on and hold down the option button.
You will have a choice to selct either your hard Drive or the install disk
Choose the install disk (dont worry we arent going to erase your data)
Select your language
Look for the tools button there will an option there to reset password.
If you need help look for nycipoddoctor
good luck

I cannot do that. Please go to Gmail and when you log in select "forgot password"

Boot from install cd. select reset password from utilites

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Brightness is not adjusted within the windows operating system It is adjusted at the monitor. 

There's a "Change Password" utility on the install disk that the computer came with. If you don't have the install disk, there's another way, but it's a bit tricky...
Boot into single-user mode by pressing Command-S when the computer boots up Type the following: fsck -fy mount -uw / launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist dscl . -passwd /Users/{username} {password} reboot
make sure you replace {username} with the targeted user and {password} with the desired password.

I am assuming that you don't know the password for the administrator account on the laptop. Unfortunately the only way to change the admin password is to re-install the OS (operating system). Seeing that you don't have the disc you will have to purchase one or dig up the one that came with the computer. The Snow Leopard OS disc is available from Amazon.com for just $40 here. Once the disc arrives simply insert the disc and follow through the steps to re-install the OS. More detailed instructions on installing Snow Leopard here. Hope this helps! Please rate my answer if you have time! :)

if the password is set on the firmware level you will need to take it to the apple store.
if you have the restore usb stick you can boot off it by holding the d key when you power on your mac.
after it starts up from the usb stick you will go to utilities at the top and click reset password.

There is no way you can use this accout without password but you can create a new admin account to use your computer.
Creating a new Admin on Mac Os X:
Here's how to reset your OS X password without an OS X CD.
the Working solution for me was to create a new admin
you can create new admin like this by deleting a specific file.

You need to enter into terminal and create a new admin account:

1. Reboot
2. Hold apple key + s key down after you hear the chime. (command + s on newer Macs)
3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):

mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now

4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and your good to go again!
Hope this helps. Please rate if you like my solution thanks

Presumably your machine is older than 2 years, if its not then Apple should repair it under warranty (call them - visit apple.com for their info) Check out eu warrenty regulations.This may be an overheating issue if it has just randomly started to occur. You could try vacuum/hoovering any fan/air inlet/outlets.If you have added any hardware unplug it.Some articles by apple with comprehensive info on trouble shooting.Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1411Mac OS X v10.5: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1541Or google "mac startup troubleshooting" if the above are not relevant to your operating system.Do you have a backup of your data? If not then taking a backup should be your first step. Your data will almost certainly be intact so don't worry, for advice on taking a backup please post your question on FixYa separately as its a different kettle of fish.Best of luck,Tom.

Here's the thing you will see a pin hole from your DVD driver, all you have to do is just poke it with a pin or needle that would fit on the hole.

By doing that you will fix your concern.

1. Insert the disc in the optical drive of your computer.
2. Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities.
3. Select the disc in the column on the left and click Erase.
4. Select Quick Erase if you don't want to overwrite the old contents with zeros.
5. Click Erase.

Let it dry out in an open area for about 48 hours. Get a towel and try to gently press down on the keyboard to soak up as much water as possible. Have it set upside down with the screen open so the water can fall out of the keyboard rather than possibly leak into the inside.