password

hello,

i'trying to install skype on my aspireone, but it ask a password, and i don't have it, i never put a password on this computer

There is some password that comes with the system?

 

When you FIRST booted your computer when you got it. There was a screen that asks for a password. It should be that one.

 

I have just found a way to solve two problems at the same time: password and language (since my language is not English). When I bought my AA One, the vendor had already done a first boot, because I asked him to do a RAM upgrade to 1 GB, and so he had to test the machine before, and forgot to tell me about the password and Language .. I though I would "simply" have to reintsall the Linux, with the CD recovery, the bootable pen drive, and such. But searching in these boards, I found a way to run the "first boot" screen (language, password and date selection) without even delete my files already stored in the SDD. Here is the link to the solution:

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Basicaly, all you have to do is to open the terminal and to write this command: "sudo /usr/sbin/oobe" (note the space between sudo and /). Then, hit ENTER and it will run the first boot screen, where you can select the language and a new password! You will have to hide the task bar, clicking in that "<" icon at the side of "home" icon (to the left of the task bar), so you can visualize the "next" button to continue with the process of setting up the language and password. At the end of the set up, the sistem will reboot and everything will be ok. Your new password will work to install new applications!