Find My Mac not available

I have just moved from MobileMe to the iCloud service and I was willing to use the Find My Mac feature. But, on the iCloud Preference Pane, the only option that is not available for clicking is the Find My Mac one. There is a message right below this option stating that I need an admin password to enable this. I have tried to put my admin password in other panes (clicking on the lock at the bottom of the pane), but the iCloud Pane seems not to recognize this. I really don't think this feature should only be enabled from the admin user account in my Mac, so perhaps there's a caveat I don't know of... Can someone help me?

See if you have a recovery partition installed. Hold down the option key while booting right after you hear the startup chime. Keep holding down the option key until you see the Apple Logo and spinning gear. If you don't see the recovery partition listed as an option from which to boot it has not been installed.
You can install the recovery partition by downloading the full 10.7.2 installer from the App Store and installing it over your current Lion installation. This should not overwrite any of your data but back up first just be safe. In order to download from the Ap Store hold down the option key when clicking on the Purchases tab and the Install button should become active.
I don't use Boot Camp but it is my understanding that a hard drive with Boot Camp installed can not have more than four partitions. The recovery partition counts as a separate partition so if you have Boot Camp installed and four existing partitions the recovery partition will not install.

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Here's the troubleshooting section you referred me to, and the response;
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I have viewed my Apple ID account and can find no sign of multiple iCloud accounts.
You have already initiated a wipe of the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The device will not appear on the page until it is reconfigured with your iCloud account information.
I have not "wiped: the MacBook, and don't see how this could be the problem.
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