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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by 1029usr078198[/i] [br]If you've forgotten your sa password, you can easily blank it out. [list=1] [*]Open a Command Prompt[/*] [*]Type [b]cd c:\program files\microsoft sql server\80\tools\binn[/b] and press enter. [/*] [*]Type [b]osql -E -S [i]SQLNamedInstance or blank[/i][/b][/*] [*]If you get a 1 prompt, then type [b]sp_password NULL,new_sa_password,sa[/b] and press enter[/*] [*]Type [b]go[/b] and press enter. If you get a message that the password was changed...[/*] [*]Type [b]exit[/b] and press enter to exit from osql. [*]Verify that the change took by typing: [b]osql -Usa -S [i]SQLNamedInstance or blank[/i][/b]. If you can get past the password prompt, you're good to go.[/*] [/list=1] Hope it helps, David [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.