Forgotten administrator password for imac how do I reset?

I have forgotten the password for teh administartor account on my imac. There are no other admin accounts set up.
How do I rest the password?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
There are different ways of resetting your user password depending on the Mac OS X version you are running. Open  > About this Mac, and tell me which OS X version you are running.
If it's 10.6 or older, see "Resetting your original administrator account password" > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274
If it's 10.7 or 10.8, reset the password using your Apple ID as stated in the link above. If it doesn't work, try to reset the password using Terminal > http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4101

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