Have lost my Administrator account - can no longer make any system changes

Since I had forgotten my Administrator Password on my son's Mac, I inserted a Leopard DVD, restarted the Mac while holing the "c" key and used the utilities menu to reset the password on my Administrator acount.
After following the on screen steps to reset the computer, when I rebooted the Mac my administrator account was now completely missing.
All that is left are two standard user accounts that work fine but do not allow me to install new hardware becasue they are not administrator accounts. What did I do wrong? and can I recover my Administrator account or promote one of the remaining standard user accounts to adminstrator level?
Thanks in advance for any help

Welcome to Apple Discussions!!
What did I do wrong?
Did you use a Leopard DVD on a Tiger system? That's what your post appears to be saying.
and can I recover my Administrator account or promote one of the remaining standard user accounts to adminstrator level?
You can use the appropriate one of these User Tips to promote one of the existing ones:
I lost my admin user (Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier)
I lost my admin user (Mac OS X 10.5)
Be sure you use the right tip, and also to make the appropriate username substitutions.

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