>> "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