Administrator rights - unable to obtain on new install of leopard

Hi!
I have installed Leopard (10.5) on my new macbook but have been unable to gain administrator rights..... Having contacted Apple, I was advised to use the Install DVD and re-set the password via the Utilities window. Nice idea... but when loading the instal DVD I am asked for the Administrator user name & password..... which I do not have!
Attempts to assign administrator rights to the man user (Me) via System preferences/accounts have also been unsuccessful.
Any advice on the nex steps would be very much appreciated!
Thanks!

Thanks.
The re-boot does not seem to work.
My macbook reverts to the sign-in options (My user account minus administrator rights) or 'guest'. I am unable to remove the sign-in request at the point of re-start. Would I be right in presuming that the sign-in request is preventing me from accessing the Mac OS install disc? Are you able to advise if the removal of sign-in authentication can be achieved without administrator rights?
thanks again!

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