"Welcome to Macintosh" first run on new computer...run again?

[katkramer]

I had so much fun opening my MacBook this afternoon...it ran the pretty intro presentation, then asked me to register...

I wanted to show my boyfriend, and ex-Dell programmer, how much fun it is to open a new Mac (he's converting, by the way, and has sworn off both Dell & M$).

Is there any way to re-run the first script that runs on a Mac...again?

Heck, I could do it every day and play like I'm getting a new computer every day.

: )

[jonny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QcJJjeeFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbOLGs855gQ&NR=1

[Black Landlord]

Sure, just do a clean install of the OS.

[RAMd®d]

The Welcome mov can be found and run over and over.

The rest of the setup- I don't think so.

There was a link or post here to macosxhints.com about where to find the mov. on your HD. I can't think of any keywords, and I'm not at a Mac to look that up.

[RAMd®d]

* Go into the "/System/Library/CoreServices" folder and control-click on "Setup Assistant". Click on "Show Package Contents".
* In the package, go into the "Contents" folder and then the "Resources" folder. Control-click on "TransitionSection.bundle" and click on "Show Package Contents".
* Again, go into the "Contents" folder and then the "Resources" folder.
* You'll find the "intro-sound.mp3" and "intro.mov" files there.

[StingMe]

If you don't mind getting rid of your user account and all data you can reset everything back to factory condition pretty easily (works with Panther and Tiger; don't know about Leopard):

To remove account "test" and restore boot to "Welcome" screen:
Boot w/ command-s
/sbin/fsck -yf
/sbin/mount -uw /
rm -rf /Users/test /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot

pay attention to those spaces!

For a little explanation of the commands see:
http://blog.smalldog.com/article/597/the...rs-in-os-x