Quote Originally Posted by e><ius
well... i couldnt make L0pht go faster... fastest it goes = used no more than 50% of cpu power always. i did set it on lower priority so it wouldnt lag my comp when i was on it. 3.9ghz p4 and 2gb ram.
When you crack passwords you use a 100% dedicated machine set to prioritise programs, rather than services. You do not run other applications at the same time.

it seemed to come out as MD5 .
It didn't

i dont know if SP2 automatically uses it.
It doesn't

where do i search the registry for that option 0 - 1 for LM - MD5?
You don't. You might try a search engine such as Google to find out why, or just go to post #11 in this thread and follow the link I gave you there.