My snow leopard 10.6.3 software crashed after removing mackeeper ive lost administrative privilege how do i get it back

i uninstalled mackeeper and computer crashed reinstalled software from factory provided disc but cant change user privilege from standard

Hi stankim,
If you are not seeing an Admin user on your MacBook Pro after a reinstall due to system modifications, you may find the steps outlined in the following article helpful (it is aimed at 10.5, but should still apply for 10.6):
Mac OS X 10.5: Administrator user changes to standard
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1278
Regards,
- Brenden

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