Cisco 1603R User Manual page 52

Recovering a Lost Enable Password
Step 13
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Step 16
Step 17
Note
do not save the configuration changes before rebooting the router.
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Enter the enable command to enter enable mode. Configuration changes can be
made only in enable mode:
Router> enable
The prompt changes to the privileged EXEC prompt:
Router#
Enter the show startup-config command to display the enable password in the
configuration file:
Router# show startup-config
Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:
Router# configure terminal
Enter the configure register command to reset the configuration register to the
original value that you recorded in Step 5.
Press Ctrl-Z to exit configuration mode.
To return to the configuration being used before recovering the lost enable password,
Reboot the router, and enter the recovered password.