Account Name Longer Recognized as an Administrator

oh hai
I recently changed my account name, login name, shortname, and home directory name.
Now I cannot sudo since of course I am not in the sudoers file anymore. But more problematic, when I try to change the ownership of any System related directories (like I had to do to change my shortname) I am asked to input a System Administrator's name and password, and no name I input is recognized. I get either "invalid name and password combination" or it tells me to put in a System Administrator's name. I am, or rather was, administrator and sole user of this computer. If I put in my old name, I get the same results as my new name.
This issue is also preventing me from enabling the root account.
I am running 10.4.7 and I do not have the installation disk anymore.
Am I screwed?
Thanks.

Hi, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Are you aware of how to properly change Shortnames?
Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 or later: Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854
There's another way or 2 to get back if that doesn't help.

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