I recently had a new hard drive installed in my 2008 iMac. I'm trying to re - install office and the computer does not recognize my password. I tried all the passwords I can think of and nothing works and it wont let me continue

I recently had a new hard drive installed in my 2008 iMac desktop computer, because right now I can't afford a new computer.   I am now under OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and my password no longer works so that I can reinstall office microsoft for Mac.  I'm trying to change my password, but you must enter the old password and it does not recognize the password.  I tried every password I use and nothing works.  How can I change or get a new password?

Reset the password.

OS X 10.7 Lion, Mountain Lion, Yosemite 10.9 10.8, Yosemite 10.10 and 10.11 El Capitan

Shut down the computer.

Start the computer, and then press on and hold the command key and the R key to boot from the recovery partition.

When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.

Wait until the OS X Utilities window appears.

Move the mouse pointer to the bar menu at the top of the screen, click on "Utilities" and select "Terminal".

in the menu dropdown.

Terminal window is displayed.

TypeRegeditdans resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.

Reset Password Utility window will open.

Leaving the Terminal.

Select Macintosh HD, if not already.

Select the user account in the menu popup box under "Select user account.

Enter a new password.

Re-enter the new password for the user.

Enter a hint.

Click on the Save"" button.

Click  in the menu bar, and then select restart.

Open a session.

When Keychain dialog box appears, select "create new keychain".

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