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murrayb3024
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79 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-05 : 09:34:05
We set up a SQL Server 2005 box. When we set it up we did it with windows authentication, so the sa account is disabled. After everything was set up we were going to do some locking down. We added a domain account and gave it sysadmin rights. Next we went in to the sysadmin role and deleted the builtin/administrators group. This deleted all users except for the sa account. The sa account is disabled and we don't have a password for it. Not sure what to do next. Is there anyway to salvage this without have to completely reinstall? I can't enable sa because it says I don't have the rights, I can't add anyone to the sysadmin role because I don't have the rights. Why did it delete my domain account in the first place?

rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-05 : 23:26:26
You can change authentication mode by modifying registry key.
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