http://www.mikedopp.net/category/2.aspx All your Database belong to us! (lame but works) en-US mikedopp mikedopp@mikedopp.com Subtext Version 1.9.5.176 http://mikedopp.net/archive/2008/01/21/mssql-2000-tip-of-the-day.aspx <p>So I get this email.</p> <blockquote> <p>I forgot/lost the sa password. What to do?</p> </blockquote> <p>So I scrub the google database. Looking for an answer:</p> <p><a href="http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-updates-windows-without-users-consent.aspx" target="_blank">Source</a></p> <p>Forgot or lost your sa password? Don't worry, there is a way out.</p> <p>Login to the SQL Server computer as the Administrator of that computer. Open Query Analyzer and connect to SQL Server using Windows NT authentication. Run sp_password as show below to reset the sa password: <br /></p> <div class="csharpcode"> <pre class="alt">sp_password @<span class="kwrd">new</span> = <span class="str">'will_never_forget_again'</span>, @loginame = <span class="str">'sa'</span></pre> </div> <style type="text/css"><![CDATA[ .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier, monospace; background-color: #ffffff; /*white-space: pre;*/ } .csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; } .csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; } .csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; } .csharpcode .str { color: #006080; } .csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; } .csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; } .csharpcode .asp { background-color: #ffff00; } .csharpcode .html { color: #800000; } .csharpcode .attr { color: #ff0000; } .csharpcode .alt { background-color: #f4f4f4; width: 100%; margin: 0em; } .csharpcode .lnum { color: #606060; }]]></style> <p></p><div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ab97280e-b7c5-4003-8558-a952e7e86f73" style="display:inline; margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SQL%202000" rel="tag">SQL 2000</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/MSSQL" rel="tag">MSSQL</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Database" rel="tag">Database</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mikedopp.net" rel="tag">Mikedopp.net</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mike%20dopp" rel="tag">Mike dopp</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Reset%20Password" rel="tag">Reset Password</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SA%20Passoword" rel="tag">SA Passoword</a></div> <p></p><div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a1f8039e-54b5-48d6-a2a9-5be95f1e41fc" style="display:inline; margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;">del.icio.us Tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/SQL%202000" rel="tag">SQL 2000</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/MSSQL" rel="tag">MSSQL</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/Database" rel="tag">Database</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/Mikedopp.net" rel="tag">Mikedopp.net</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/Mike%20dopp" rel="tag">Mike dopp</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/Reset%20Password" rel="tag">Reset Password</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/SA%20Passoword" rel="tag">SA Passoword</a></div><img src="http://mikedopp.net/aggbug/58.aspx" width="1" height="1" /> mikedopp http://mikedopp.net/archive/2008/01/21/mssql-2000-tip-of-the-day.aspx Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:13:29 GMT http://mikedopp.net/comments/58.aspx http://mikedopp.net/archive/2008/01/21/mssql-2000-tip-of-the-day.aspx#feedback http://mikedopp.net/comments/commentRss/58.aspx http://mikedopp.net/services/trackbacks/58.aspx