Reset an iMac administrator/root password?

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Hey guys.

So, the university I go to go all new iMacs a couple of months ago and the older ones they had were all stored away. Well, they decided to sell them to students for a cheap price b/c they didn't have any of the admin login or password info.

The operating system is OS X 10.5.6 and I have the CD for that operating system that came with my macbook pro.

The problem is that when the computer is started it automatically goes into a "lab user"account and the restrictions on that account bascially lets me do nothing. I don't have the admin username or password or the root or "master" password.

I'd be willing to totally wipe the computer if thats what I have to in order to start fresh with all of my own settings and me being the admin.

Is there anyway to do this?
 

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