Forgot admin. password

My grandfather bought me my computer for college and set it up for me...only he set me up as the admin. and then didn't tell me the password and he forgot it...is there anything that can be done so that I can reset my password?

Hopefully your Grandfather provided you the OS X install package that shipped with or was installed on this Mac.
Check this link.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156

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