Removal of original owners name?...didnt work.

Hello, again. I appreciate all the help ive recieved thus far. I have yet another question, may need professional help?
The guy i bought the mac mini from had created a generic account name ("mac mini) so he could make sure the machine worked. When i got the machine i didnt want his user account or any other stuff he created on the mac so i reinstalled the software, as recomended. Som when the install was done and the computer was restarted his user name was still on the mac mini so i just deleted, something i couldnt do prior to re installing the software. I thought all his stuff was gone, but its not.
Here is the problem......................................
When i click the apple icon and go into "about this Mac" and the click "more info" it brings up a window with all the technical stuff. At the top left corner of that window in says "mac mini's mac mini" The last owners user name was "mac mini". I want that to say my user name "zowenso's mac mini"
How can i remove the last owners name from that and have mine there? I thought the re install was supposed to remove all of his info? Did i do something wrong? Please help? Thanks, Owen

Thanks for the info. Ive only had the mac for 2 days so i dont really have anything on it i need to save, or is there something more technical your talking about?
Could you just elaborate a bit on your suggestion? Im a 13 year PC user and a 2 day old Mac user.
1.)How on earth do i reformat the drive? Where would i go to do that?
2.)When you say "reinstall from the start" do you mean to shut down the mac, put the Mac OS X install dvd in the mac, power it on, hold the "c" button.....that whole thing?
Thank you, i really appreciate the help a bunch. Owen

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