Password for installing softwre

Ok, had this mac pro for around 2 weeks...set the password for myself when I got it...every program I installed asked for a password to install, no biggie, today, I go to install flip wmv and it asked for my password, typed it in and....will not accept it. I know I am typing it in correctly...it is the same password I have used for several years...so, can I reset it with out re-doing the whole friggin laptop?

Go into your accounts preference, make sure the functions are unlocked (bottom left), and click on change password.
For this purpose, remove your password, altogether. The system will give a warning that you are about to NOT use a password, but just do it anyway. Later, you can reapply a password if you want.
Anyway, try to install again, and simply put no password in when prompted.
Report back to let us know if this works.

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