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| Author: | Dave-SKG [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:24 am ] |
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My new Macbook Pro 610 arrived this morning. Unknown to me, my Kids, Home on vacation, began playing with it. Also unknown to me, my daughter signed up on the autoconfig screen ( the initial "sign-you-up" registration screens) as "sponge bob". How do I go back and properly register as owner and configure my interenet connections and put in the other info as well. I guess what I am saying is how do I re-run that intial registration program? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! 
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| Author: | burbank [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:22 am ] |
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I don't know if you need to go through all those steps for registration. When I've needed support, they just went by the serial #. But if you want to start fresh: Only way I know is to re-install the OS, which is quite painless in my experience. Takes less than an hour, mostly hands-off. Put in the Install DVD, open and click Install Mac OS X. It will reboot from the DVD and lead you through it. After the reboot when the installer starts up, it will come to a screen that allows you to select your hard drive (Macintosh HD). You select that hard drive then use the Options button at the bottom of the window to do "Erase and Install". After doing that, the next time you boot, you'll go through all the steps as if you'd gotten your mitts on it before your kids did . 
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| Author: | JBreault [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:02 am ] |
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I think Pat is right. The only way I know of is to reinstall. |
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| Author: | burbank [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:21 am ] |
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It's true, you can create a new user with admin rights, then delete sponge bob, but it won't take you through the registration sequence again. I've heard of a way to do it without reinstalling, but the reinstall is simple, painless and a sure thing. But again, I don't think there's much value in the registration process. All it appears to do is get your name and email address into a database, which Apple doesn't seem to pay any attention to for support, at least from what I've seen. Dave, if you decide not to reinstall, you can do as above and give the computer a new network name at System Preferences/Sharing. |
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