Tried accessing administrator account with wrong password

I forgot my administrator access password,tried with a wrong password to many times and now the computer can't access account.I understand this to be a safety mechanism.How can I get myself out of this? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

The above linked article is for the administrator to change other users' passwords from the administrator account. That won't help you when you have forgotten the administrator's password.
Here is how to change the administrators password. These instructions come from Mac Help, available from the Help menu in the Finder.
To reset the administrator password using the Mac OS X disc:
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc and restart the computer.
2. When you hear the startup tone, hold down the C key until you see the spinning gear.
3. When the Installer appears, choose Utilities > Reset Password.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to change the password.
5. Quit the Installer and restart your computer while holding down the mouse button to eject the disc.

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What you propose would not solve the problem I am having. I must not have been clear about it. So I will elaborate.
I have a Power PC with 10.5.8. The admin user account name is RLE 5. I need a password to log into my root user account on my Power PC.
Then I bought a used Mac Pro with a clean install of 10.7.5 and no password set up yet for my admin user account. The admin user account name is Mac Pro. When I turn on the computer it opens to my admin user account where I have access to everything.
I used Migrations Assistant to move my Settings and Users from my Power PC to my Mac Pro. That seemed to to successfully.
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I turn on my Mac Pro and it opens to my Mac Pro admin user account. I don't need to sign in. No problem.
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