How to reset administrator password without cd

Is there a way to reset Administrator password without CD and without losing all my information?

Yes, you have 10.7.2 all you have to do is
1: Hold command r while booting to enter Lion Recovery
2: Select Terminal and launch it
3: Type: ResetPassword  and press enter
4: Follow the program that launches.
For 10.6
http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/25/change-admin-password-mac/

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    http://www.rit.edu/its/services/desktop_support/mac/xforcenewadminacccount.html
    http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/25/change-admin-password-mac/
    http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/

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    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
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    how to reset administrator passowrd without osx cd

    Yes, you have 10.7.2 all you have to do is
    1: Hold command r while booting to enter Lion Recovery
    2: Select Terminal and launch it
    3: Type: ResetPassword  and press enter
    4: Follow the program that launches.
    For 10.6
    http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/25/change-admin-password-mac/

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    Away from my home, attempting to access Macbook Pro administrative settings.  Forgot password and unable to gain access without my startup disk.  Wondering if there is a way around this or a way to reset password.

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    For Snow Leopard and earlier
         Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
    For Lion/Mountain Lion
        Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
         When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.
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         message, then the system is corrupted and needs to be reinstalled.
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    You can reset the password by printing out (or writing down) and carefully following these steps.
    First, find the short name of the admin user on the machine. The easiest way of doing this is by looking at what the directory is called in the Users folder.
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    Enter these exact lines. Press RETURN after each.
    mount -uw /
    ifconfig lo0 up
    cd /var/db/netinfo
    netinfod -s local
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    The computer will now prompt you to change the password for "lmadmin" (or whatever the short name was). Go ahead and enter a new password.
    Now, enter:
    sync
    reboot
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    Trying to reset administrator name/password by using the Mac OS X Install disc to reset but it won't allow me to without original administrator name/password. Frustrating. Reason I'm trying to reset is that it seems to be not recognising the administrator name as have changed password in System Preferences - Accounts.
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    *Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password*
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274?viewlocale=en_US
    Changing your administrator password
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh655.html
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    2. wait for terminal show
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    Hi there,
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    Is there another livecd maybe that has similar functionality or is it a lost cause?

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    This page will tell you how to get into single user mode.
    <http://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php>
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