>> "Mag" == Mag Dr Nikolaus Klepp <office@...> writes:

   > I'd suggest you interrupt the boot loader (grub? grub2?) and 
   > add "init=/bin/bash" to the kernel options, then just boot on. You'll get a 
   > bash in root from where the first thing to do is "passwd". then just reboot 
   > the box and you can get root via "su" and the password.
Hm, 

Do you mean: when the grub menu with
kubuntu
kubuntu-recovery
WinXp

Pops up I put the cursor on the first hit e for edit
get the menu and add a new line with 
init=/bin/bash

Then with Crt-x I boot?

Well this did not work.

I also tried to use 
kubuntu-recovery
but there seemed to be a problem with my laptop keyboard. 
I hope when I retry on Monday with the desktop that this
keyboard problem does not occur and I could use the
kubuntu-recovery option.

Uwe