Thanks. I'll try that to night. <br><br>Now does anyone know why it's not recognizing wireless networks? It did recognize wireless networks when it was running XP.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Michael McCune <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mjmccune@gmail.com">mjmccune@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Go into recovery mode. When you get the the prompt, type "passwd" and<br> your login. If you don't know your login, use root. Then login as root<br> and change your password.<br> <div class="im"><br> Lee Anderson wrote:<br> > Guys,<br> ><br> > I have a Dell Laptop that has Ubuntu 8.10 installed. It's has not been<br> > used for over 6 months. I forgot what the login and password was. How<br> > can I retrieve or bypass the login & password?<br> ><br> > The laptop was not being used because it was not recognizing wireless<br> > networks. Anyone having this problem?<br> ><br> > Thanks for your help,<br> ><br> > Lee<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jim Campbell <<a href="mailto:jwcampbell@ubuntu.com">jwcampbell@ubuntu.com</a><br> </div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jwcampbell@ubuntu.com">jwcampbell@ubuntu.com</a>>> wrote:<br> ><br> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Richard A. Johnson<br> </div><div class="im">> <<a href="mailto:nixternal@ubuntu.com">nixternal@ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nixternal@ubuntu.com">nixternal@ubuntu.com</a>>> wrote:<br> > If you have Hardy, bring those too since they are the<br> > > LTS CDs. I found a stash of mine, but they are all Dapper and<br> > Gutsy :/<br> ><br> > I have some Hardy CD's that I can bring tomorrow. Aaron gave them to<br> > me prior to my trip, and I didn't give any away while out of town.<br> ><br> > Jim<br> ><br> > --<br> > Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> </div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> <div class="im">> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br> ><br> ><br> <br> <br> </div>--<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5">Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>