TS1544 Changing system keychain password

I've changed my login password in my keychain - to something more secure than the password hurriedly set up at purchase.. I am unable to change the system keychain password to match my new administrator/login keychain password. I have an admin account and my own user account, both with administrator privelages. Any ideas?

Thanks baltwo
To clarify, I only have one admin account, just changed the login keychain password and account password to be something more secure.
Does this mean I have to delete/remove the admin user account to delete the sytem.keychain? or can I delete the system keychain only without having to rebuild a new account....If the latter, do I just find the MacintoshHD/Library/Keychains/system.keychain and delete? I can't imagine it's that simple.

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One of our users has iMac, 10.6.8.
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When after 40 days or so she is asked the change the password; it does not work.
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When I press the unlock button, it asks for the password for my full user name. And that one works, the keychain unlocks. But an unlocked keychain doesn't really let you do much administration on it. You must enter its password for any administration tasks. And that's when I get stuck: the system doesn't accept any password I know of, not even the empty password.
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Sorry you have not gotten a response for this problem. I found your post when searching for an answer to my problem, which turns out to be (it would appear) the same one you're experiencing.
Password works great for my login, "invalid" for my "system" keychain. I can unlock my "system," but it will not let me use the same password to view the network password that is stored in "system."
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I'd love to delete the whole mess- a previous problem has resulted in me having two "system" and two "login" keychains- I spent hours on the phone with AppleCare several years ago trying to clear that up, but I have too many passwords stored in here to delete them all.
I have the same number of items in both "system" keychains, and the same number in both "login" keychains. When I delete an item form one "login," both report having one less item. When I drag an item from another keychain to the "login" at the top of the list, it is the other one that is highlighted and accepts the item, but both then show the increased number of items.
I don't know if this is related to the problem, or if it is just another complication to it, or if it has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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