My new macbook air is asking me to type in an Administrators name and password I have no idea where to find this???

can anyone help me with finding where i submit an administrators name and password

If you are in the Setup Assistant then you choose them. If you have already gone through the Setup Assistant then you should have configured these in the process. Your username is the filename you find under your Home folder's icon in the /Users/ folder. It looks like a home:
The username is below it.

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Do you still have a Recovery partition? To see if you do, hold down the command and R keys whilst booting and erase your boot drive and then reinstall the version of OS X that you last paid for or downloaded.
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If the password field is shaking, it indicates the incorrect password is being entered. As far as the parental controls goes, it appears that the feature may have accidentally been enabled on your user account. You can simply turn off parental controls however by following the directions below.
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In Parental Controls preferences, click the lock if it’s not unlocked, and then enter an administrator name and password.
Select the user, and then choose “Turn off Parental Controls” from the Action pop-up menu (looks like a gear).
OS X Mountain Lion: Manage a user with parental controls
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I recently seperated from my partner but got to keep the family MacBook Air
However, my partner set up the orginal administrator name and password and won't provide the details. He also won't supply the Start Up Drive which apparently I could use to do this if I had it.
I am not very techy - is there a relatively easy way that I can set up a new administrtor name and passowrd without loosing the information I have on the computer?
Thanks

BumpkinBelles wrote:
I recently seperated from my partner but got to keep the family MacBook Air
However, my partner set up the orginal administrator name and password and won't provide the details. He also won't supply the Start Up Drive which apparently I could use to do this if I had it.
I am not very techy - is there a relatively easy way that I can set up a new administrtor name and passowrd without loosing the information I have on the computer?
Thanks
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