-----Original Message----- From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Nigel Johnson via cctalk Sent: 11 November 2020 14:15 To: devin davison via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Microvax 3100 VMS 7.3 password reset. Try this: http://h30266.www3.hpe.com/odl/vax/opsys/vmsos73/vmsos73/6017/6017 pro_009.html#emerg_startup_uaf Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.johnson at ieee.org On 2020-11-11 9:11 a.m., devin davison via cctalk wrote: > I picked up a microvax 3100 this past weekend from a office that was > shutting down. > > I was able to start the system up, it boots up to a login prompt for > VMS VAX 7.3. > > I do not have any login info for this machine, is there a procedure i > can follow to reset a password to an account? > > > > Image of system : > > https://i.postimg.cc/43bG0nSx/20201111-090018.jpg

And as HP are no longer issuing hobbyist licences you might want to export the licence data base