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SQL Server Forgot SA Password, How to Reset It ?

Hello all! How can I reset SA password for SQL Server 2008?

I just logined to my SQL Server 2008 with SQL Server Authentication but was stuck at the message saying "Login failed for user 'sa'. (Microsoft SQL Server, error:18456)". I had 3 failed login attempts. I think I have forgotten my SA password. Worse, Windows Authentication mode is also unavailable for unknown causes. Now how can I reset my SA password? I am a SQL Server novice and know little about SQL commands. Please help! Thanks in advance!

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This is kind of not a real Jazz question, as this is more related to a vendor specific infrastructure product. I would suggest to search the internet for that one. Here some other results googled from this forum, with a solution that helped me:
https://jazz.net/forum/questions/100828/sql-server-password-recovery

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Question asked: Aug 12 '14, 11:47 p.m.

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