Leopard

Not in the slightest. I just saw this while i was looking for the same answer with osx and wanted to be helpful. now someone searching the same way i was will have their answer faster :)

old question, and that the version of Mac OS X that was in use back then was drastically different from today's Tiger and Leopard OS X, right? ...

I think it's called Panther, I'm not sure. I know it's Version 10.4.11 and I know it's the one right before Leopard for sure though. ...

I don't know what software version you are running, but if it is earlier than the current Leopard 10.5 you can often pick up install discs from the aftermarket quite cheaply. ...

Have you not used help files on a Mac before? You access the help files from the help menu... :D You will go directly to help files that should be related to what you are doing at the moment, or it will allow you to browse to virtually any help file in your system.

Oh, and how do I access the leopard help files? ...

I'm trying to control my screensaver via defaults write under Leopard. I can disable the screen saver via this method, but then, it won't re-enable. Here's what I do to disable it: defaults write ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.xxxxxxxx write idleTime 0 (where xxxxxxxx is my mac address). This successfully disables the screensaver. I can tell that the command worked, because...

I don't have the OSX Leopard program, and would really like to not have to purchase one, if possible... ...

You should have two folders in /Users: the old user account folder that you renamed to something different from your short username, and your new home folder that was created when you logged in after you changed the old folder name, which should match your short username. This is the way it worked under Panther and Tiger, and I'm assuming it's the same under Leopard --...

Did you do a fresh install of Leopard or did the "Upgrade" portion of the install? ...