I've installed Ubuntu. The installation appears to have worked, but the user details that I put in during installation do not appear. There is only a guest user account available which does not allow me to do anything - I can't create a new 'normal' user account, access my Wifi network or anything. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Any suggestions?
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You should log into your ubuntu box in single user mode, which will dump you into a root shell. Then you should be able to create a new user, or to change its password, so you can reboot and log in.
See here on how to do it: How do I boot into single-user mode from GRUB?
To change password for another user, type: passwd <username>
To add a new user, use adduser.
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By the way: if you chose to encrypt your user's home folder, then changing his password via passwd is not advisable. – Palantir Oct 24 '15 at 16:26