Problems with setting first username and password

Question

I haven't used a cisco router in over 12 years, so I'm a bit rusty.  I had to replace a nortel box for a small charter school here in Hawaii, so I decided to go with a cisco 1941 / K9 router. using a usb terminal connection I started up the router as directed in the PDF documentation for this box.  It warned me that I must change the starting username and password (<cisco> and <cisco> respectively) with my own username and password.  I wanted to change this to <cisco1> and a simple password.  I thought I followed the directions, but I failed to reset the user name and password.  As I was looking up online for help on how to set a new username and password, the terminal window timed-out and now I can't log in to the 1941 router at all.
How do I reset the router?  Once I do how do I correctly setup  username and password after I login once with cisco and cisco?
 Any help would be appreciated.
I'm attaching a screen capture of the terminal window...

Answer 1

How do I reset the router?
Power OFF the router.
If you look at the back (where the power button is) and to the lower left-hand corner, you'll observe two CF slots.  Pop the cover open and eject the CF. 
Power up the router.  
Observe the console terminal and when you see "rommon1>" enter the command "confreg 2142".  
After the command has been accepted, insert the CF back and reboot the router.  
Your router should boot into factory default (Username & Password are "cisco") but the config-registry value is still 2102.  
Do the following:
​conf t
config-registry 0x2102
username BLAH password BLAH
end
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