If you are using a netbook or laptop the password problem may be that the NUMLOCK it turned on by default, this caused me a problem the first time I tried Linux Lite. For more information on that see my reply at the following link.
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other.../#msg17957
I hate to see anyone give up if it is something simple to fix.
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other.../#msg17957
I hate to see anyone give up if it is something simple to fix.

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison