Override Admin password

I bought my Macbook almost a year ago from one of those resale places that moves into an empty lot for a couple weeks and then packs up and leaves. The guy I bought it from didn't give me the admin password, and now I can't so much as download Adobe Flashplayer. The system badly needs updating but I don't have access! How can I change the password if I don't know what it is?

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  • Is their a password that overrides the admin password

    is their a password that overrides the admin password

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    I have visited both the sites you listed but it seems to me that the solutions mentioned are to fix the User or log in p/w's.They do not seem to refer to the admin one again.
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