[Rattler]

Thanks guys - time for a play.

It looks like my best bet will be to create a boot CD that reads the encrypted password and use some kind of ripper software to interogate this.

Some of the "admin password" recovery tools rely on the fact that you have a login that works - you can then retrieve the admin from some registry hacks. - but I don't have any logins, so they won't work.

Its worth a play for a while, then I'll jsut wipe it and start again I reckon.

Thanks
Tim