unknown username and password for an iMac

[mset]

Hi guys

Hope the fact that I have a few posts under my belt lends me enough cred to get an answer to this one, since it has to do with getting through a prompt for username and password.

I went to the eco-recycling place today and off to the side were about 15 iMacs and a bunch of Apple Monitors. They looked so nice and new, so I asked the guy about them. He said the local Public school board brought them in and that they still worked, the board just couldn't be bothered to sell them (??). The guy knows my folks and we talked for a bit and then he said 'Well, I see nothing...' and looked at the iMacs and looked at me and then walked away.

So I grabbed one!

I now have it at home and it powered up just fine, but it gives me a log-in screen, asking for username and password. It is OS X. I need to know how I can get through this and get the machine to fully boot up.

Now, I realize that this is a bit problematic. After all, who knows if I am really just trying to hack into my ex girlfriends iMac to read the emails she's writing to her new boyfriend?

I've never had a Mac and I just want to play around with it, maybe give it to one of my nephews or nieces.

Anyhow... any help is appreciated.

 

[bruceb]

This tells you what you need to do:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156

You will need a CD with the mac OSX program on it
Try to use the closest version on the cd to the one on
the computer

 

[mset]

excellent, thanks for that. I'll fire up the computer now, but I assume that the exact version will be given on the dialog box that asks for the username and password (obviously I can't get any further into the computer than this).

I guess eBay for an OS X disc?? Or maybe just another Mac user...