Re: Stupid domain password mistake

From: Dennis Houchin (Dennis@_NOSPAM_AdHocIS.com)
Date: 09/03/02 

From: "Dennis Houchin" <Dennis@_NOSPAM_AdHocIS.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 02:34:28 -0700

Use the linux boot disk. It's quick and relativley painless. What you're
doing is resetting the administrator password so you can then log on as
administrator.

You won't be able to able to easily maintain your existing profiles when you
reinstall. You could use ntfsdos pro to copy your files so you could merge
them after reinstalling, but it would be a lot simpler to reset the admin
password.

Dennis Houchin

"Andrew Maloney" <edibaby@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:a28d01c2532b$5909aa60$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> 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
>

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