HELP? How can I recover access to user accounts 10.6.8?

NEED HELP!
Thought the time was right so I upgraded to 10.8 from 10.6. However, I was unaware that Power PC programs don't function in 10.8 so I reinstalled 10.6. from my instalation disc.
There are 3 user accounts on my computer, mine, my son's and my wife's. When booting up I was only able to access my wife's user account. When logging into either my son's or my account all I got was a "jiggle" indicating that the password was wrong. I pretty sure the reason this happened is that my son and I logged in while in 10.8. whereas my wife didn't.
I opened the user preference pane and tried to reset my password (and my son's) but that didn't work.
So my question is, what do I do to recover my son's and my user accounts?

I fixed the problem. Using the boot disc I was able to reset the password. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6317.

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