I've loaded up one of my laptops with Linux Mint Cinnamon on the advice of a techy friend. I installed it last September and hadn't used it since. Today when I tried getting onto it I realized that I'd forgotten the password. I scoured the web for ways of dealing with that to no avail. So, I re-installed it. It asked me to set a password and I set one and set it to login automatically. After working for awhile I stepped away for a few minutes and when I returned I'd been logged out. It asked for the password but multiple attempts produced the same result; invalid password. I rebooted and got to the desktop, no problem. I then went online to download some software and it wanted my password to authenticate the download. And, again, it would not accept my password.
I'm about to re-install from scratch, again. But I don't know why my password keeps coming up as Invalid and I despair of it continuing to do so. Is there any way of avoiding using a password?
I'm about to re-install from scratch, again. But I don't know why my password keeps coming up as Invalid and I despair of it continuing to do so. Is there any way of avoiding using a password?