TitleistDBA
IS-IT--Management
I've just been handed a sql server 2000 sp4 install without the sa password. To make matters worse the built in admin has been removed. Short of re-installing is there a way in to the system to run sp_password
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Not really. Unless you have SysAdmin on the SQL Server, you can't get anything.
If you do have SysAdmin rights, just go to Security -> Logins -> right-click SA and go to properties and you can reset the password there.
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If you do have SysAdmin rights, just go to Security -> Logins -> right-click SA and go to properties and you can reset the password there.
Catadmin - MCDBA, MCSA
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TitleistDBA
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Unfortionatly, I can't get in at all. I think I'm going to have to stop the services, save off the database and re-install.
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