Stupid domain password mistake

From: Andrew Maloney (edibaby@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/03/02 

From: "Andrew Maloney" <edibaby@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 02:21:56 -0700

Hi,

I removed a PC from a domain without checking if a known
local username and password were available. Stupid.
Stupid. Stupid. I'm now locked out of the PC altogether as
I don't know any valid local username and passwords.
Now I see from this newsgroup that a Linux boot disk can
be used to reset the admin pass. How does this work? Is it
dangerous?

Will a full reinstall of the os keep the old profiles or
will they be wiped? Any advice would be great

Thanks

Andrew.

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