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That may have worked for the very first version of FoolProof as well as
holding down the space bar while booting to bring up the Extension Manager
to disable the FoolProof Extension, but FoolProof quickly fixed the
problems and made the FoolProof Extension locked so that these simple
tricks wouldn't work. Later versions locked down the Hard Drive if the
Extension got removed. So, you couldn't do anything at all with the Mac.
THis is part of the reason that it is necessary to know what version of
FoolProof and which Mac OS is being used.
-Wes
wfelty@gte.net
At 09:32 PM 01/25/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>--- 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:
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>>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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