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User Password needed to install Word for Mac for

by laura willoughby Sep 1, 2009 1:51AM PDT

My iBook died a while back and i fitted a new motherboard but the hard drive was faulty so i put in another hd and the ibook works fine .

Except that i cant install Mac for word as i have not got the user password. This is not the master password.
How do i get around this ?

I have another mac with wordmac can i copy that onto a disc from applications and load it ?

Any suggestions?

LFG

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Hmmm, says he, sniffing,

by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Sep 1, 2009 12:05PM PDT

You put in a new motherboard and a hard drive, installed the operating system, but do not have an Admin password for that computer?

How would that be?

All that Mac for word (sic) needs to see is the Admin password for that computer so that it can install itself.

If you do not have the Admin password, then you will not be able to install any software on that machine.

Email me through my profile

Meanwhile I will lock this thread

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