Dual boot with XP installation failure

[millara]

I have now carried out Gold_Finger's instructions to remove the two version of LL that I have managed to install, remove all the partitions that I managed to create and disconnect the large HDD. This all went well. I have reinstalled LL in dual boot mode. It starts satisfactorily but XP still does not work but that's not too important as it's not my main PC. Despite this success, I cannot run the software update or software installation processes as the password I entered when installing LL is not recognised. I have followed the Help instructions and changed the password in case I had made a mistake during its initial entry but the new one is still not accepted.

Unfortunately, I have come to the conclusion that Linux is beyond my limited computing abilities and is not for me. Time to throw in the towel I'm afraid.

Thanks to Gold_Finger and Rokytnji for their suggestions.

Alistair