Reset admin passwords in a migration emergency

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That's when I realized that I no longer knew the local admin password!

Fortunately, I had Winternals' ERD Commander and was able to reset the admin password. Here's the tip -- if you're migrating a server to a new domain, create a local administrator, or reset the password for an existing local administrator, before the migration. This way, you'll know how to get into the server if domain authentication fails.

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