My HD is locked How to re- gain access to it ? Help , please?

When tried to save newly typed text in a document residing in my Mac Hard Drive it refused to save. The only option I still have is to create and save a new document on the Desktop …
Tried to fix it by opening Info of Mac Hard Drive . Sharing and Permission options at the bottom of the pane display this:
system - write only (drop box)
admin - read only
everyone - no access
They are not accessible (are dimmed), padlock is dimmed too, so I can’t do any changes.
Tried to Option Click on the padlock but it blinks for a moment but goes locked again.
Never before had a problem like this.
I have admin access to my Mac with no password set -I just click on OK instead.
I’ve tried to do something via System>Accounts - my account, but when I click on the locked padlock it blinks for a moment but goes locked again, so I can’t do anything here.
(My account is the only one - I have no guest or other accounts set.)
The same story with the padlock when tried pane Internet&Wireless.
Overall, I believe I did something wrong when tried to set my computer inaccessible for strangers when I am on public WiFi hotspot…
I am not tech savvy and at this point I don’t know what else to do…
My Mac is MacBookPro, OSX10.6
Can someone please, show me the steps to unblock my HardDrive and get back my access to it ?
Thank you in advance fellow Mac users!

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