Locked out again?

I have SQL Server 2005 Developer edition installed. I use Windows
Authentication and the user is an admin on this box. For whatever
reason, I was recently locked out of SQL Server. So I uninstalled and
reinstalled then I could get back in. Then once again, I became locked
out. Same procedure and I can get back in. I downloaded and installed
SP1 for SQL Server 2005 last night. Now I'm locked out again. "sa"
never works with a blank or any other password.
Any ideas why this keeps happening and how I can gain access?
Thanks,
BrettI'm running this on Vista. I always turn off account access control.
After installing SP1 for SQL Server and rebooting, access control was
reenabled. This prevented me from logging into SQL Server. I've once
again turned access control. Now I can log in.
Brett|||Make sure that you have configured it for mixed authentication if you want
to use sa. Also, make sure that if you are using Windows authentication
with SSMS that you have that option selected when you login.
Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
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"brett" <account@.cygen.com> wrote in message
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I have SQL Server 2005 Developer edition installed. I use Windows
Authentication and the user is an admin on this box. For whatever
reason, I was recently locked out of SQL Server. So I uninstalled and
reinstalled then I could get back in. Then once again, I became locked
out. Same procedure and I can get back in. I downloaded and installed
SP1 for SQL Server 2005 last night. Now I'm locked out again. "sa"
never works with a blank or any other password.
Any ideas why this keeps happening and how I can gain access?
Thanks,
Brett|||Well did you give the sa acoount a password?
You sure that youre windows account is a member of the local administrator
group?
Greetz,
HDD
"brett" wrote:

> I have SQL Server 2005 Developer edition installed. I use Windows
> Authentication and the user is an admin on this box. For whatever
> reason, I was recently locked out of SQL Server. So I uninstalled and
> reinstalled then I could get back in. Then once again, I became locked
> out. Same procedure and I can get back in. I downloaded and installed
> SP1 for SQL Server 2005 last night. Now I'm locked out again. "sa"
> never works with a blank or any other password.
> Any ideas why this keeps happening and how I can gain access?
> Thanks,
> Brett
>|||Hate_orphaned_users wrote:
> Well did you give the sa acoount a password?
This was never an option during set.

> You sure that youre windows account is a member of the local administrato
r
> group?
Yep|||Tom Moreau wrote:
> Make sure that you have configured it for mixed authentication if you want
> to use sa.
Can it be set to mixed after installation?
Thanks,
Brett|||In Vista by default you are not an admin and as such not part of the
sysadmins group. You need to make yourself an admin, create an account for
yourself in SQL Server and then you can log in without being an admin. This
wasn't an issue with XP because you were generally always an admin on the
box when you logged in. Vista changed this default because running as an
admin made viruses much more nasty. I think that SP2 is supposed to create
this user for you automatically but I don't know if that part of it works in
the current CTP.
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"brett" <account@.cygen.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running this on Vista. I always turn off account access control.
> After installing SP1 for SQL Server and rebooting, access control was
> reenabled. This prevented me from logging into SQL Server. I've once
> again turned access control. Now I can log in.
> Brett
>|||Yes.
Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"brett" <account@.cygen.com> wrote in message
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Tom Moreau wrote:
> Make sure that you have configured it for mixed authentication if you want
> to use sa.
Can it be set to mixed after installation?
Thanks,
Brett