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Question #76449 on eog in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+question/76449

    Status: Open => Answered

actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
ok boot to the drive you installed linux to, when grub shows up press
ESC and then select recovery mode for your latest kernel.

Then select root, you now have a root terminal

you can now type

passwd <tpe username you log in with here>

and set the password to something easy like 12345

then type

shutdown -r now

and the system will reboot. You can nowlog in to an X session as
yourself using 12345 (or whatever you used) then head over to user
control to set the password properly (use numbers initially as different
keyboard layouts may act different in a gui logon)

You now have your password set, you can log off andonto test.

BTW.

I'd lose the whole "Locked out of my own pc by damned Linux.Worse than
WindersXP" attitude. You sound like a child.

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