On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:20:13 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>>> WTF?
>>>> I would print out the list, scan it in, then email them the PDF. 
>>>> Tell them you don't have the original document anymore of all the old
>>>> users, that should keep them busy for a while :-)
>>> More to the point, we really *don't* have this information anywhere.
>>> When I first joined the company, nobody bothered to record this kind
>>> of stuff. Ah, times were much simpler back then. (And much less
>>> organised, it must be said!)
>> 
>> If there in Active Directory still, use ldifde (I believe that's what
>> it's called) and dump the contents to a text file, then send that to
>> them.
> 
> Nah. We're talking about accounts that were deleted before AD was even
> invented.

Well, that's even easier, then.  Go grab random first names and last 
names and stick them together. ;-)

In seriousness, if you can get access to HR records (electronic HR 
records), you cold probably reconstruct enough information.  Or just 
refer them to the HR department if there's an easy criteria (such as 
"anyone we hired had an account, and HR documents all of that").

Jim

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