Changing admin name

my laptop recently needed fixed and they put in a new hardrive but when they reinstall the software etc they put in an admin of my dad since he took it 2 get fixed and i dont want him as my admin. i was going 2 use the reinstall cds 2 get new accounts but they installed os x tiger 2 my laptop and i dont want 2 lose that. no matter wat i do, even changing the admin name 2 the name i want it as, the short name stays the same and then everything goes back 2 the other name. when i try 2 send files that r on my desktop over msn, it doesnt come up my desktop but this other admin name and the files i want 2 send arent coming up as they r on my desktop and not this admin name. can ne1 plz help me change this admin account?

If you have the disks that came with your macbook just reinstall from them. They have tiger on them
If you do this I suggest doing a custom install. This will allow you to get rid of stuff you don't want or need. Extra language files take up around 2 gb. Then there are the 2 demo programs.
This will set you back to when you first got your MacBook and you can set the admin and shortname the way you want.

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