Hi Steve<div>Thanks for your advice. I can get as far as typing in the new password but when I type no charachters are coming up on the screen and I get the message "sorry, try again".</div><div>Jackie<br><br>On Monday, 25 April 2016, Steve Parker <<a href="mailto:steve@steve-parker.org">steve@steve-parker.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">Hi Jackie,</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">When you first installed the PC, it should have asked you to choose a username and password (along with a name for the PC itself, and a few other questions). It is that password which you need to enter.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">If you are not sure of the password, you reset it quite easily:</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">1) open a terminal (just type "Terminal" in the dash bar).</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">2) Then run this command in the terminal window, followed by pressing the RETURN key:<br> sudo passwd $USER</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">You should be prompted to enter a new password for your user. You can choose a new password, and this will now be the password to use for the system updates, too.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">Steve</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">-----Original Message-----<br>From: "jackie menon" <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jacqueline.menon@gmail.com');" target="_blank">jacqueline.menon@gmail.com</a>><br>Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:32pm<br>To: "<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk');" target="_blank">GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>" <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk');" target="_blank">GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>Subject: [GLLUG] Question about software updater problem<br><br></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">Hi there</p>
<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>
<div>Jackie</div>
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