Mac system and profile changes

Hi there,
I have just purchased a second hand laptop through my family. I want to wipe all the information off it, including the previous owners name and profile etc. and start it up with my information. Please specify how I should go about doing that?
Thanks

Clean Install of Snow Leopard
     1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
         with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
         After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
         a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
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         button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
         After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
         size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
         partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
         and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
         (Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
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     4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
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         by opening Software Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your
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        Welcome screen and asks you to choose a country or region. If you want to leave
        the Mac in an out-of-box state, don't continue with the setup of your system. Instead,
        press Command-Q to shut down the Mac. When the new owner turns on the Mac,
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Hi Experts,
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Many thanks in advance.
Best regards
Tobias
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Message no. TO128
Diagnosis
The system and namespace change option set for this SAP System does not allow any changes to be made to object IDOC ZSSA009.
System Response
Editing is terminated, the object can only be displayed.
Procedure
If you want to edit the object IDOC ZSSA009 in this SAP System, have your system administator set the SAP System to "modifiable" for this object.
This can affect the modifiability of the namespace &1 or the namespaces that correspond to the pattern &1, as well as the global setting of the system change option.
The system change option is set using the Transport Organizer tools (Transaction SE03). Expand the Administration node and execute the program Set system change option. The options are described there.

HI,
Attached link may help you in configuring the source system.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/908836c3-7f97-2b10-4cb8-e6790361c152
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Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until the screen blacks out or you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
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I have a Mac Mini and and LCD TV which is connected via HDMI cable. I was playing around with the resolution settings (not very smart in hindsight) and managed to select a resolution that my TV does not support. I do not have another monitor or Macbook. Is there anything I can do to reset the resolution settings? I tried to reset the PRAM, but that didnt seem to solve the problem. I also tried starting in Safe mode but that didnt do the trick either.
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