Changing Administrator Account

I recently purchased another G4 MDD 1.42GHz with OS X 10.4.11 installed. I need this model for my small business since 85% of my customers still use OS 9.2.2 and Classic software.
The User account (administrator) was set up as "Mac" and with a blank password. I am the only user of this computer and would like to change the name of the Administrator, i.e., from Mac to another name and also change the short name and then add my password. I can access everything the way it is now except my networked computers. When I try to connect, it asks for a password, which I haven't created yet, it's still "Blank" and that doesn't work. Is there an easy way to make this change or do I have to reinstall the operating system and go through the setup procedure? Can't find anything pertaining to this in Apple's support section.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824
ChangeShortName is a utility that does the dirty work involved in changing the short name of a user’s account in Mac OS X versions 10.4.x and 10.3.x.
http://homepage.mac.com/frakes/ChangeShortName.html

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