Cannot log in after removing from domain.

[Duckling]

I made a fatal mistake just now:

After removing a computer from my domain, I cannot log in with the
local
Administrator account. "The local policy doen not permit you to log on
interactively".

Any way to save this?

I screwed this up in the following way:
Copied virtual machine A, to Virtual machine B.
Stopped A, and started B.
Renamed B, and moved it from domain to workgroup.
Was now supposed to run sysprep on B, but I cannot log in.

Forgetting to make an extra copy of A, I tried removing A from the
domain
too.

Same result, and I'm in deep doodoo...

Can I recover from this in any way, except reinstalling?

 

[Inukshuk]

Hi,

You can download an utility from this website. I used it before and it
works. I believe there is an official Microsoft procedure as well.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm

success,