Help!!! Administrator password not accepted.

Hi to all,
just a minor problem, since recently updating to 10.4.7 my beautiful machine asks me for an administrator password, which it will not accept.
i have tried the usual roots: - System Pref/Accounts change password. Also booting up from the Tiger install disk and selecting <Reset Password> both ways accept the original password and the change, but then will not authenticate afterwards...
Any ideas guys? I'm really stuck and need a solution fast.
Any help is much appreciated,
Thanks.
Danny.
iMac 1.83 GHz 512 GB RAM Intel Mac OS X (10.4.7) iPod 5G which will not work without password!

Hello,
I am having exactly this same problem on an iMac (OS 10.4) that had a previous owner. They deleted all of their files, and maybe did something to the permissions. Anyhow, I have tried several times to change the administrator password using the install disk, and everything seems fine until I try to unlock a lock or do something else that requires administrator privileges. It will not accept the new password. If I try to change the administrator password, it will not take the "old" password (which I had just set using the install disk). I cannot create a new admin user because I can't change the lock in Accounts.
I looked at the console log, and it has messages about problems authenticating related to my numerous attempts and failures.
I have looked at other discussions here, and not found anything that helps.
Here's something strange: when I look at the keychain access utility, it says "login" instead of my login name.
Also, this computer has automatic login, so I have never logged in with a password. Could this be the problem? I have thought of logging out, and then trying to log back in with newly set password, but I'm afraid of being locked out of the computer altogether.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Susan
eMac,iMac,Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4)

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I have some more detail now.
Behavior matches this: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1413 but this isn't an iMac, nor am I on 10.5. (The disks have arrived but I need to finish a big job before upgrading.)
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Oct 3 17:30:11 pjm-macbook crashdump[547]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/crashdump.crash.log
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Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow
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Version: 4.7 (4.7)
Build Version: 3
Project Name: loginwindow
Source Version: 11700500
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Thread: 0
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Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x812645f0
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