Comments on: SQL Server 2005: How to Reset a Forgotten Password for the sa Account

By: Spark Ms

Spark Ms — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:12:00 +0000

The above script is excellent. Thanks dear.

By: Jayant

Jayant — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:49:00 +0000

Really Amazing, better one.. Thanks Buddy

By: Vikas

Vikas — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:16:00 +0000

yes it works thanx dude

By: PTG

PTG — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:16:00 +0000

Beautiful
it solved my problem
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thxxxx dude

By: Jamil

Jamil — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:31:00 +0000

Great very useful…….

By: Anil Kumar Sahoo

Anil Kumar Sahoo — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:59:00 +0000

I have accidentally disabled the sysadmin role for BUILTIN/Administrator.Now I am not able to get it to the previous state.I cannot also login to sa.Can anyone provide some solution???

By: Harshavardhan

Harshavardhan — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:39:00 +0000

GO
ALTER LOGIN [GOPINATH-PCINFLOWSQL] WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master]
GO
USE [master]
GO
ALTER LOGIN [GOPINATH-PCINFLOWSQL] WITH PASSWORD=N’abc123′ MUST_CHANGE
GO

after executing the above query, am getting the error as below:

Cannot alter the login ‘GOPINATH-PCINFLOWSQL’, because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

By: Shockvolt

Shockvolt — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000

I guess this only works if the Built-in Admins exist?

By: Shirantha

Shirantha — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:25:00 +0000

Thanks dude..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:29:00 +0000

Thanq very much…

I got success with this solution ..
GO
ALTER LOGIN [sa] WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master]
GO
USE [master]
GO
ALTER LOGIN [sa] WITH PASSWORD=N’NewPassword’ MUST_CHANGE
GO

actually i am facing problem like when i login with Sql Server Authentication..it is not accepting the password which i set it for ’sa’ (Even it is correct password)..it is giving me Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 8 ..to resolve this i opened Sql Server management studio in Windows Authentication mode and i ran the above script to re-set the password ..now i can able to connect with new password..

Thanks & Regards
Suresh.Vadlamudi