Why is the password box jiggling and not accepting my correct password?

I just bought the macbook air and was running setup. The registration failed, as well as the migration from my other iMac, however setup continued. When it was finished, the macbook air restarted and began with my profile and asked for my password. I know I typed it in correctly and that it is the correct password, but all that happens in the password box jiggles and it won't accept my password to log me in.
Help! How do I get around this? I'm unable to just reinstall everything to start over because no software came with the macbook air.
I haven't been able to even use the macbook air yet and am tempted to return it if I can't even get in.

Here's how to reset the password to something you know.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20087723-263/how-to-run-the-password-reset- utility-in-os-x-10.7-lion/
Regards,
Captfred

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