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1. Reboot
2. Hold down Cmd + S until a black screen with white text appears.
3. When you get to a shell prompt, enter the following:
mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now
4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one.
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