<p dir="ltr">Hi,</p>
<p dir="ltr">When you first switch on your computer it should ask for a login username and password. It is that password that it is asking for. If it does not ask for a password at power on time, then something called "auto login" is enabled. You then have to try and remember the password you set when you installed Ubuntu.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There are ways round it, but remembering the password is the easiest way.</p>
<p dir="ltr">James</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 Apr 2016 14:33, "jackie menon" <<a href="mailto:jacqueline.menon@gmail.com">jacqueline.menon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi there<div>I am still a novice with regards to Ubuntu. </div><div>I am trying to do my software update. I get the message that software is available to update and am asked if I want to install it. I click install now and get a box which says "to install or remove software, you need to authenticate" and asks for a password.</div>I am not sure which password is required. I have also read on some forum pages that this is a bug and I should just press the escape key. This does not work.<div>I would welcome any suggestions of how to proceed.</div><div>Regards</div><font color="#888888"><div>Jackie</div>
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