Tic-Tech: Disabling "FoolProof"

From: Jim Meyer (jimndeb@u.washington.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 21:32:16 PST

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    --- TIC-TECH message:
    Wait,
    can't you boot without the extensions
    by holding down the control button during
    start up (or something similar that I can't
    recall). Then simply take fool proof out
    of the extensions folder and reboot?

    Jim Meyer
    jimndeb@u.washington.edu
    Madrona K - 8 Computer Lab
    http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/madrona

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Wes Felty [mailto:wfelty@gte.net]
    Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 7:43 PM
    To: TIC-TECH@tic.ssd.k12.wa.us
    Subject: Tic-Tech: Disabling "FoolProof"

    --- TIC-TECH message:
    The FoolProof people will only help you if you have the contract number
    when you call them up (providing that they still support that old a
    version). THey didn't want the kids calling them up.

    You can remove the FoolProof extension only if it wasn't set to lock the
    Hard Drive when booting from a different volume. Removing the FoolProof
    extension can also lock your Hard Drive so that you can't even use it. If
    you do it wrong, you can lose it all.

    The Library Mac's used System 7.5. Mac's with System 7.1 that don't have
    locked Hard Drives can be fixed by cloning a non-protected Mac to it.
    That's the quickest and easiest solution. But, it doesn't work with System
    7.5.

    -Wes
    wfelty@gte.net

    At 03:57 PM 01/25/2001 -0800, you wrote:
    >--- TIC-TECH message:
    >Call the following number and they can help: SmartStuff Software,
    >800/671-3999
    >
    >Michael Gross <mkgross@seattleschools.org>
    >--- TIC-TECH message:
    >Hi,
    >Can someone help me figure out how to disable the security program called
    >"FoolProof" (it's designed to keep the kids off of the teacher's
    >desktops)? It is loaded onto a Macintosh LC computer (system 7.1). Is
    >there a way to go "around" the password? (If I can ever disable the
    >program, I am going to delete it from the hard drive forever!) I do not
    >know the original password that was used because this is a computer that
    >had been surplused.
    >
    >Thanks for any tips on this one!
    >Diane @ Maple :)
    >trudnow@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
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