Missing admin user name

I'm trying to update some software on my father's AirMac and he can't remember his admin user name or where his back up disc. is there any way around this?

However, if you have Lion, Snow Leopard's instructions are not applicable.
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.
Realize that by resetting your Admin password, your Keychain will be unaffected. If you forgot your password (admin passswords and keychain passwords match by default), you will need to start a new Keychain.

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This may help...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156

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I'm relatively new to Mac, and I'm still learning my way around my Macbook Pro 2010 from this summer. I was using terminal to do some class in work, and I keep noticing that the user name is something close to 'hello$' (as shown in the screenshot). I purchased this from another Mac user, and some of the settings weren't restored; like the user name and default language on the notebook was in Chinese.
In short, how do I change the user name. Also shown in the screenshot is my name, as you can see I already tried to change the computer's name/admin name.
also, if anyone could answer this simpler question: How do I save the preferences on my terminal to remain the color I have now. Everytime I quit Terminal it reverts back to the same black text - white background.
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G

The root user is NOT the owner of that little house. That belongs to the user that's logged in. To change that, see Changing user account shortname.
BTW, you're a youngster.

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After snow leopard server was installed successfully from the install dvd and mac mini server was restarted to continue the setup, I entered in the server serial number and it tells me it's "Setting Up ... Your server is being configured."
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See the following: Macworld | Changing the short username in Leopard.

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This should help you http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306876

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Giving away / Selling your Mac / Resetting the computer to the factory condition
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5189
http://www.thesafemac.com/how-to-prepare-your-mac-for-sale/
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