If you open your web.config file in text editor, the username and password should be in the connection string

The main web.config has this for a connection string -

<connectionStrings></connectionStrings>

 I set my database connection up to use integrated security so therefore no username password.  Any other ideas?

Thinking about it, that wouldn't even help anyway - the login details which are stored in web.config are of the SQL server login, not the Umbraco login

Umbraco login details are stored  in the umbracoUser table and it's encrypted: If you try to chage it in there, it won't work.

What could work is:

1 - Start a new installation of Umbraco as a completely separate site

2 - create user

3 - go to Umbracouser tabel in SQL server and copy the encrypted password

4 - go to that table in your broken site, paste the encrypted password in

5 - Tattoo the password to your arm!

Thanks for the input, Richard.  I installed on a completely different computer and now I have a better understanding of the process.  I got to quit doing these sorts of things in the wee hours of the morning.  :)

I will next install a new site as you said and see what happens.

Did you manage to salvage your password using my suggestion?

My customer is in war with is web developer and now I have to find the username and password.

Here's what i've got in connection string

<connectionStrings>

    <remove name="umbracoDbDSN" />

    <add name="umbracoDbDSN" connectionString="Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Umbraco.sdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" />

    <!-- Important: If you're upgrading Umbraco, do not clear the connection string / provider name during your web.config merge. -->

  </connectionStrings>

My programing is rusty and I can't login. Please Help

Thanks

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