Can't create new account after running Mac OS X Setup Assistant

Please help me...!
Yesterday, my friend gave me his old MacBook (Mac OS X Tiger)...
He said that he forgot his password and didn't know how to reset it...
Soon, I do the Setup Assistant with this :
1. holding down Command + S.
2. fsck -yf
mount -uw /
3. Remove current Netinfo Database:
cd /private/var/db/netinfo
mv local.nidb local.old
4. Force Apple Setup to launch on next startup:
rm ../.AppleSetupDone
5. Don't forget to delete the home folders from every user on the system in /Users!
6. Shut down the mac:
shutdown -h now
But after running the Setup Assistant and after filling all of the important information, The "Welcome" video come again and the mac just run the Setup Assistant again....
I'm so confused with this... so please help me....I need it so Bad...hhe...
(Ehm...sorry for my BAD English..hhehe..)

Hi MemphisBELLE, and a warm welcome to the forums!
You've done about everything you can without The Install Disk, if your friend doesn't have that then call Apple with the Serial# handy, or seek an Apple Store/Provider.

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