help with loading ubuntu

[John K Masters]

On 13:39 Sun 25 May     , Steve Vesper wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I have a computer running vista that I cannot get to the desk top. This computer kept blue screening and I seem to be past that but now I cannot get past the pass word to get to the desk top. 
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> I would like to load ubunta over Vista but I am not sure if I can. I am downloading it on another computer now and will burn a CD.
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> Can any one help me with what I should do next to get past the pass word to load Ubuntu? 
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> Can I load ubuntu if I boot direct to the CD copy of ubuntu? 
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> Will it overwrite Vista? 
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> Any help will be greatly appreciated,

Not too sure what you want but if you wish to overwrite Vista then, yes,
that can be done with the CD you are downloading. If you wish to access
Vista then installing Ubuntu, or any other distro, will almost certainly
not help if you have forgotten the Vista password (or did not have it to
start with).

If you want to keep Vista and also have Ubuntu then the first thing you
need to do is repair Vista so that you have a working system. Then you
can safely install Ubuntu alongside Vista.

Regards, John
-- 
I wish I was young enough to know everything.
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