Forgot admin. password, using install disk- STILL CAN'T RESTART IT :[

I'm so frustrated.
I forgot my administrator password, so I read up that I use my Mac OS X Install Disc 1
At first, I wasn't able to restart it because it said I needed a password, so then I did manual restart while holding the C key and that worked...
Then I clicked on utilities and selected the only user option typed in my new password... and then a screen popped up that it cannot restart my password because I'm denied permission or it failed due to a general error.
What the heck? How am I supposed to change my password, its getting really frustrating because I haven't been able to update anything for about 2 months.

Just to make sure that "general error" isn't due to disk problems, once you have booted up from the Install DVD and before you try changing the password, go to Disk Utilities in the same Utilities menu and do a Repair Disk on your regular startup volume. Redo if any errors appear, until it comes out clean. Then, do a Repair Permissions, which needs to be done only once. With that out of the way, retry changing the password.

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