System Administrator Password Reset Q after Upgrade eMac

I recently upgraded my Moms eMac from 40GB to 80GB. It took me about one hour and I booted it up. The drive was from my broken eMac. I am trying to update some of the software (Apple Download) and it will not allow me to do any changes. I keep getting an error to enter a admin name and password. I never set up a password on any of my machines, how do I reset it? I already tried putting in the OS disk 1, choosing reset password and still the same error message.
The message reads...
Type an administrators name and password to allow DiskManagementTool to make changes. Then there is a field for Name and Password. I don't know what password it would be since I always leave it blank.
Any ideas? thanks!

You always need to enter an admin username, but if there is no password you can leave the field blank.

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