Hi Nihil
Sadly most things are more complicated these days I suppose.

The scenarios I proposed in the paper is as follows:
Windows 2003 Standard Edition
Pasword length of 7 characters
Password complexity rules enforced
Cracking technique of brute force on the fly
Single processor/core off-the-shelf machine with no special modifications to assist with the task (trying to illustrate the ease at which the technology can be obtained to complete this type of task)

Any help you can provide much appreciated here

Regards

TG