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sg2255551
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

274 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-03 : 11:51:33
hi

My SQL server 2008 is using windows authentication mode, and i have accidentally disable the windows admin account at the SQL security login. Now i can't login at all. how should i solve this? thanks

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-03 : 12:28:03
How to Connect to a SQL 2005 Server When You Are Completely Locked Out
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/68271/



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sg2255551
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

274 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-03 : 21:28:40
i followed through the link and went on step by step. when i issued sqlcmd -e it display administrator is disabled. What should i do now?
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-04 : 00:48:10
You should try one of the other methods that are mentioned on the discussion thread of that article.

Also, did you verify that your login is a windows admin on that server?



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