Mac OS X 10.5 destroyed my Admin permissions

Ok. I had originally installed Mac OS X 10.5 on my Macbook, but the hard drive got screwed due to an impact on the floor while running Windows XP. I decided to install 10.5 on my Mac Mini, and for some reason, my Admin permissions were destroyed. No Admin account is available, and it says my account (which is the only account on there) is a standard account. I tried to reset the password, but that failed. Can anyone help?

I wouldn't THINK it is private: it is in the User Tips forum, and it would seem rather counter-productive for that to be private. I hope no one, like Michael (whom I think the world of) gets mad at me, but here it is:
Re: I lost my admin user
Posted: Nov 1, 2007 12:31 PM
Revised to incorporate Niel's corrections:
I lost my admin user (OS X 10.5)
If you are unfortunate enough to delete your only admin user, or remove his admin capability, then as long as you have another user with login capability, you can give that user admin rights as shown below. You can then re-create the original user or reinstate the admin capability using the Accounts Pane in System Preferences.
Print this post out in a mono-spaced font, and type carefully, paying attention to spaces and punctuation, since you cannot copy/paste in Single User mode.
Caution: in single user mode you have root privileges. Be careful! Substitute the name of 'youruser' below.
Boot into single user mode (Command-S) at startup which will eventually get you a shell prompt (ending in #). Then type the following:
fsck -fy
Repeat the above until it says your disk is OK. Then continue with
mount -uw /
dscl . -merge /groups/admin users youruser
If you get a message saying "invalid path", then type these two commands first:
dscl . -create /groups/admin gid 80
dscl . -create /groups/admin passwd '*'
and then repeat the "dscl ... -merge" command. Then:
reboot
You will now be able to login as 'youruser' and have administrative privileges.
Membership of the 'admin' group is the only thing that distinguishes administrative users from ordinary users.
Michael Conniff

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