How long before you give up.

[Brian McKee]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:05 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 That works. I always keep this note handy as I generally have to do this
> a few times a month on the recycled systems that I convert:

Thanks for the detailed note - I kept a copy :-)

As an alternative, I've used the ophcrack cd a couple of times to
determine the existing password.

I once got a batch of roughly 25 old pcs from a business.  I used
ophcrack on the first one, and then wasn't suprised when the same
password worked on all of them.

<http://lifehacker.com/software/password-recovery/download-of-the-day-ophcrack-live-cd-226996.php>
<http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/>

Brian