Admin name and password not working

I recently upgraded to leopard and I just tried to install a printer and it asked for an admin name and password. I only have one account on my powerbook. My name and password work to unlock the computer when waking from sleep but is being rejected in the system preferences panel. I know I have the name and password right and that I am the only admin account. Please help.

At the top of the Leopard discussion pages, there's a yellow box, suggesting that you read one of Apple's "known problems and workarounds" documents. This problem is one of those discussed.
Doug

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