reset sa password

Hi,
Is there is a method to reset the 'sa' password? I have a
server that moved between few different domains and I am
not sure which domain accounts have access to it. And We
do not know the 'sa' password.
I thought there was a registry key that could be removed
to reset the password? Is that possible?
Thanks,
If you log onto the server with a different system admin user, or a
local/domain windows administrator, you can use master..sp_password.
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<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Is there is a method to reset the 'sa' password? I have a
> server that moved between few different domains and I am
> not sure which domain accounts have access to it. And We
> do not know the 'sa' password.
> I thought there was a registry key that could be removed
> to reset the password? Is that possible?
> Thanks,
|||anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there is a method to reset the 'sa' password? I have a
> server that moved between few different domains and I am
> not sure which domain accounts have access to it. And We
> do not know the 'sa' password.
> I thought there was a registry key that could be removed
> to reset the password? Is that possible?
> Thanks,
You need to connect using another admin account and then reset the
password on the "sa" account. If you do not have any other admin
accounts, I don't think you can reset the password. You may have to
reinstall SQL Server and restore/reattach your databases.
David G.
|||I lost my password for sa. So, I do the following, but it doesn't seem to
work.
1) I login to SQL Server thru the query analyzer using Windows
Authentication.
2) sp_password NULL, 'password', 'sa'
3) It indicates with "Password changed"
4) I log out from the query analyzer.
5) I try login to SQL Server thru query analyzer using SQL Server
authentication.
6) It indicates with a login error, and it says "Reason: Not associated
with a trusted SQL Server connection.
Does anyone shine some light?
Thanks.
J
"Aaron [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> If you log onto the server with a different system admin user, or a
> local/domain windows administrator, you can use master..sp_password.
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> <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|||Already answered in another thread...
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"thejackofall" <thejackofall@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I lost my password for sa. So, I do the following, but it doesn't seem to
> work.
> 1) I login to SQL Server thru the query analyzer using Windows
> Authentication.
> 2) sp_password NULL, 'password', 'sa'
> 3) It indicates with "Password changed"
> 4) I log out from the query analyzer.
> 5) I try login to SQL Server thru query analyzer using SQL Server
> authentication.
> 6) It indicates with a login error, and it says "Reason: Not associated
> with a trusted SQL Server connection.
> Does anyone shine some light?
> Thanks.
> J
> "Aaron [SQL Server MVP]" wrote: