Is this even possible?
Hey everyone...
I have an old iMac I am giving to my friends, so I initialized the drive and put a completely new OS on it. The only software they needed was AOL and AppleWorks. So, in order to put this stuff on, the OS made me go through the setup process (putting in my name and adress and stuff like that). So I put in all this generic stuff just so I could put the software on there for them.
Is there a way to make the iMac think it's starting up for the fist time now...so they can go through that whole setup process and put in their real information? I'm not even sure if it's possible, but if it is...I would love to know!!
Thanks a bunch!
I have an old iMac I am giving to my friends, so I initialized the drive and put a completely new OS on it. The only software they needed was AOL and AppleWorks. So, in order to put this stuff on, the OS made me go through the setup process (putting in my name and adress and stuff like that). So I put in all this generic stuff just so I could put the software on there for them.
Is there a way to make the iMac think it's starting up for the fist time now...so they can go through that whole setup process and put in their real information? I'm not even sure if it's possible, but if it is...I would love to know!!
Thanks a bunch!
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Is there a way to make the iMac think it's starting up for the fist time now...so they can go through that whole setup process and put in their real information? I'm not even sure if it's possible, but if it is...I would love to know!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Look here:
Hard Drive>Applications>Utilities>Assistants&g t;Mac OS Setup Assistant
that's on MacOS 9 anyway your milage may vary.
Another interesting side-note: If you hold down the shift key just during the last few seconds of the startup procedure (while the Finder itself is starting to load) then you'll bypass anything in the Startup Items folder, including your alias of the Mac OS Setup Assistant.
Hope this helps!