Changing Administrator Password?

I have a second hand Mac Book Pro, Can I reset the original owners administrator password without the Install disc?

OK
You need to start in Single User Mode :
Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode
Start in Single User mode & wait for the :/ root#    prompt to appear
type        mount -uw /        then press enter (the slash is important)
again, wait for the :/ root#    prompt
type    passwd username
then press enter (swapping 'username' for the account name you need to change the password for)
You should see
:/ root# passwd username
Changing password for username
New password:
You now type a password, which won't be shown onscreen, then press enter
then you should see
Retype new password:
type the same new password again, then press enter.
wait for the :/ root#    prompt, then type     reboot    & press enter

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-->
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