After i register my imac it just goes back to the very beginning of the registration process

I lost my password and when thru the process of the whole rm var/db/.applesetupdone thing to reset my admin password. it takes me thru the registration process but when it gets to the end it just starts over completely at the beginning of the registration process. does anyone have an suggestions?

Boot up in single user mode. See if /var/db/.applesetupdone exists.
The name is:
-rw-------
1 root
wheel
1K Dec 13 2010 .AppleSetupDone
If not create one:
mac $ pwd
/var/db
mac $ sudo cat .AppleSetupDone
Password:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Address</key>
        <dict>
                <key>AreaCode</key>
                <string>111</string>
                <key>City</key>
                <string>burg</string>
                <key>Company</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>CountryName</key>
                <string>United States</string>
                <key>ExistingEmailAddress</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>FirstName</key>
                <string>Robert</string>
                <key>LastName</key>
                <string>Last</string>
                <key>LocalPhoneNumber</key>
                <string>111111</string>
                <key>StateProv</key>
                <string>St</string>
                <key>StreetAddr1</key>
                <string>111 S Street</string>
                <key>StreetAddr2</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>ZipPostal</key>
                <string>11111</string>
        </dict>
        <key>RegistrationInfo</key>
        <dict>
                <key>AppleSpam</key>
                <string>NO</string>
                <key>Location</key>
                <string>B</string>
                <key>Occupation</key>
                <string>13</string>
                <key>OthersSpam</key>
                <string>NO</string>
        </dict>
</dict>
</plist>
mac $

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