I had a guest (W2k3, sp2) that was having issues with it's secure channel to the domain. nltest couldn't reset the channel so I disjoined the server from the domain, intending to rejoin it right away. However, when attempting to log in locally to rejoin the domain I find that for whatever reason (locked out, corrupt, unknown) I cannot log in as the local Administrator. This wouldn't be a big deal with a physical box. I have utilities that can reset the built-in admin password, but they require a boot from CD.

Is there any way to reset the admin password or unlock that account? Our domain policy is eternal lockout after 3 unsuccessful tries (yes, it's stupid, but this is mandated by higher-higher), so I can't just wait until the admin account is accessable again.

Any ideas?