CONFUSED!!! STRESSED OUT!!! - ok..I'm calm now...

I received the upgrade OSX disc and did the upgrade. It appeared to go smooth but I got the login password issue and I can't seem to fix it. Does anyone know if with this disc I can do a total clean install? I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Thanks.
Steve

If you call Apple, they can guide you through the password issue, which is quite common. I have no idea what causes it, though.
Some have posted that the Upgrade disk requires Tiger. I don't know but if it does, you will have to reinstall Tiger and then upgrade again to Leopard.
I trust that you have created a bootable clone of your Tiger OS. You can use that instead of a Tiger CD to reinstall Tiger on your internal drive.

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