Need Admin Password Recovery!!!

Either borrow or purchase the Disc for the version of OS X that is has, restart with the "c" key. Once in there, there is a utility to clear the password, or you could just reinstall the OS.

TEG

 

If you want to reset the root password in Single User mode, you must mount the filesystem as r&w first.
So (in Tiger):
mount -uw /
sh /etc/rc

then,
passwd root

 

Who knows if this is the case--maybe so and maybe not--but that is EXACTLY the story that someone who had bought a stolen laptop would have. Since I just had one stolen, and it was password protected, I STRONGLY believe that the "how to" information to get past that problem should not be casually handed out. Anyone asking such a question should be referred to Apple Tech support.