Why is my Mac rejecting my Password when I try to install OS X Mavericks???

You're sure you are entering the correct admin password?
And you are logged into your admin account to install Mavericks, correct?

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For Snow Leopard and earlier
     Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
For Lion/Mountain Lion
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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If you cannot do the above then try this:
1. Boot to Safe Mode by restarting and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-S keys until a black screen with white type appears.
2. At the prompt, type the following commands pressing return after each command line:
     /sbin/fsck -yf
     If you do not receive a "Filesystem OK" message then repeat this command until
     you do. If after seven tries you still do not receive a "Filesystem OK" message,
     then the system is corrupted and needs to be reinstalled.
     mount -uw /
     cd /private/var/db/netinfo
     mv local.nidb local.old
     rm ../.AppleSetupDone
     shutdown -r now
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This last method does not actually change a password. It simply removes the user accounts and lets you create an initial admin account as if the computer were new out of the box.
How to reset the OS X password without a startup CD:
Reboot into Single-user Mode. Enter the following and press RETURN after each command line
   1. Type fsck -fy
   2. Type mount -uw /
   3. Type passwd <username>
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0xffffff81f38eb3a0 : 0xffffff8021e43dae
0xffffff81f38eb3e0 : 0xffffff8021e435f2
0xffffff81f38eb4c0 : 0xffffff8021e245ed
0xffffff81f38eb4f0 : 0xffffff8022159e20
0xffffff81f38eb520 : 0xffffff8021ed76d2
0xffffff81f38ebd80 : 0xffffff8021ed8dec
0xffffff81f38ebf50 : 0xffffff80221e063a
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12D78
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