I can't remember my user administrator password. How can I reset it?

Can someone help me with resetting my password?

No, actually the instructions for Snow Leopard do not work for Lion. There is no "Reset Password" menu item in Utilities anymore. I suppose Apple did this to prevent the average "Shlub/thief" from having access to resetting the password by just clicking on menu items, especially as the system reset disk is built in on a local partition.
On Lion, you use the following technique to reset the Administrators password:
Boot to your Lion Recovery Partition, by holding down the Option key while starting, and then selecting the Recovery HD as the boot choice.
Once booted, at the top of the screen is a menu ..., select Utilities / Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, type “resetpassword” (without the quotes) and press return. A “Reset Password” window will open. Select your boot volume (your SSD drive) if it is not already selected. Select your administrators username from the menu labeled “Select the user account” if it is not already selected. Follow the prompts to reset the password. Restart the computer from the apple menu.

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Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
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from the drop down.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

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