Admin password not working, Locked out.

Hi to all. I have a real big problem. I upgraded to Tiger 10.4.8 then was not happy with the result (computer to old really to handle Tiger) so i did the downgrade to Panther 10.3. Now the Mac will not recognize my password. I have gone into the password section in disc utility, ( c key held while starting and saved a new password, but it does not let me in with this either, All i see is the log-in page and can get no further. I know its my fault, and i have learnt from this, but is there any way to re-install Panther and get it going again? Any help would be appreciated,

Done a total re-install. Lost all my prog & data, but have my Mac back Thanks

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