I'd installed Joomla a while back to use it to work on a site and while installing i gave a user name and password for the same which i cant really recall right now :ashamed:. Is it possible to recover it? Or do i can to do a clean re-install all over?
I dont think password can be recovered. But it can be reset in the database so that you get back access.
Create a general user and note the password. Then go to jos_users table in phpmyadmin or any mysql client you are using. Copy the MD5 hash of the general user and paste it into admin password by editing the admin row. Then you can use the password of general user you created for the admin too.
im verrry new to CMS and kinda didn't understand what you said or what that link said :ashamed: the installation in on local machine (my comp). no registered site.
if you dont have much of any important things done, go ahead and reinstall it. its a better option if you are new to mysql and things. If you still need the previous install and want to change the admin password, let us know with further details of your setup.
Hmm.. well i really dont know about all this.. only thing i know is that i have to start apache and mysql to use joomla! :ashamed: Dunno any working, any details.. nothin..!