I need help transferring files from a locked admin account

I was having trouble connecting to my school's wifi because I couldn't remember my admin password to authenticate the changes. I created a new admin account, and connected to the wifi. I didn't realize by doing this all of my files would be on the old admin account. Now I am completely locked out of the account, and need help getting my files off of it! Any ideas?

Migrating from PPC Macs to Intel Macs:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796
and this article:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3444778&olo=email

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!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/L%26TPrefs.jpg!
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