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saogirl09
March 2nd, 2010, 04:19 PM
Okay - I am a serious newbie and have done something I am quite embarrassed to admit to but here goes. I installed Ubuntu onto a laptop about 7 months ago (when I was even greener than I am now) and apparently I chose a username and password for login. Yes, you guessed I apparently didn't have the foresight to write all that down - or threw away the place I documented it on and now I can't get in. It's not just about changing the password which I find information on, it's about not being able to get past the Username request when the machine turns on!!
I considered uninstalling and starting from scratch but I am not sure how to even go about that, geez...help me?! :confused:

snowpine
March 2nd, 2010, 04:21 PM
No problem... here is an easy tutorial to reset your password:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword