Administrator name & password

Under System Preferences
Then Users & Groups
I'm trying to use my Administrator name & password with no luck it's not accepting.
I've tried: resetting Apple used ID
Signing in as a guest
reaching out to the community
reading articles that go on & on
Can someone please help
Thank you
Tom H

Reboot your Mac into Recovery Mode by holding the Command-R keys simultaneously when you hear the boot chimes. When you see the OS X tools panel with options to restore from backup, use Disk Utility, and reinstall OS X, go to the Utilities menu and choose Terminal. In here, type "resetpassword" (all one word, and all lowercase), and then press Enter. A tool will pop up that will allow you to select your boot drive, choose your admin account, and change its password. Note that after doing this, the admin account's keychain will be uncoupled from login, so you will have to unlock it separately; however, the keychain likely has the same password as the account, so if this cannot be remembered, then you will have to create a new one (you will be prompted to do this as one option when you log in).

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I'm trying to access my Administrator name & password.
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Users>guest> etc.. I'm always asked for Admin & PW.
The existing Name & PW just don't work even when I change "guest User"
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Hello,
dell Windows XP
Your situation isn't clear. If you are asking about an Apple product you should change your profile to reflect this, and then start your own thread, providing more details. If you are running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and have a question about a user account, go to this page:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1220
and click on "Post New Topic"

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Hello,
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