Don't know the Admin User!!

Hi everybody ,,,
I have a problem which is when I wanna to install a program the computer asks me to type the admin user and password and I don't know both of them .. also my user which I have been using it is a standard user although it's the user which I created it when I used the Mac the first time,,
so ,,
could u help me please ,, how could I know the admin user and password or how could I install the programs even with the standard user ?
and how could I make it Admin,,
Thanks,, & I'm looking forward to have an answer ..
Message was edited by: LioN_HeArT

Excellent! I had the problem of loss of admin rights myself, and was curious if root had also been messed up so went to change his password. I thus discovered what is Apples recommended solution for the vanilla version of the problem. Incidentally there is at the top of the listing for 10.5 topics a little pink tinged section and that contains a slew of Leopard solutions.
LioN HeArT, two pieces of advice 1)you really ought not to have (if so) your only user be an admin. That would mean that attacks whilst browsing especially could wreak more danmage. Your day to day user should be a non admin. If you care to follow my advice, despite your efforts you should demote the admin user to standard. Do that because if I am right about your scheme most of your user created data will be in that admin and it is a clart to shift the data to a non admin. HOWEVER before you do that follow this second advice
2) set up two new admins. One you will use for the normal sorts of admin tasks, the other you hold in reserve and just test occasionally.
By the way I hope you have disabled the root. To leave him enabled is a security risk. The easiest way is in Directory Utility but you can also do it from a single user boot. Root and the admins should have good passwords but I suspect they have judging from your upper/lower case username here.
Finally, tidy up Apple's website and mark the query as settled, if it is so.

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