New Ubuntu Install rejects Log-in / Password

[Brian Carling]

Well guys I got nowhere with this.
It has been my secoind and final excursion into 
Linux. Hours of time wasted again.

My computer time HAS To be used for actually DOING something 
other than tryting to persuade the operating system to start running.

Linux folks are very impressive with a lot of cryptic term,inology 
and they usually seem to want to impress others with how much 
they know rather thamn really helping thenm to get it going.
So I am going to quit and sadly have to go back to XP.

I am a computer user, not a rocket scientist, so Linux 
appears to not be for me (again!)
Lats time it was the fact that Linux had no drivers for 
my network card, and never will.  This time the thing will 
not even let me log in using the password I picked during 
install so the hard drive is locked out permanently.
What a huge waste of time.

> What can I do if my New Ubuntu Install rejects the
> Log-in / Password?
> 
> I am literally stuck with a command prompt.
> Can I start over again somehow?
> 
> Can I use a Knoppix CD?
> 
> Most Linux users get FAR too technical explaining things.
> I would prefer a simple answer in relatively plain English 
> please.
> 
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