Recover SQL Database Password – SQL Server Management Studio

The title of this article confirms its motive, but it is easy to understand the scenario when you have a decent information about it. SQL Server Management Studio (SQL Server), which is developed by Microsoft is a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). It is used to store SQL (Structured Query Language) code which creates database files, stores all the information in it and is managed in such a way that could be retrieved whenever required. The database format created here, is in .mdf format. It is secured with a password which can be different for different users. All big organisations which deal with bulk data, use SQL server to manage it.

System Requirements for SQL Server

It is not compulsory to have a server Operating System to run SQL Server Management studio. SQL Server 2005, 2008 or 2008 R2 can be installed and configured on your Windows 7 machine as well. Whereas to install the latest version i.e. SQL 2014, you need Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8. You may read more about it on Microsoft.

Working with SQL Server Management Studio

The default user which is created for database server is “SA“. It is an Administrator account and abbreviation of “SQL Administrator“. There are many employees in an organization, may be few can work with SQL database (MDF file) but the majority of them are laymen. To make it easy for all the users for making the entries in SQL database, a different GUI (Graphical User Interface) is programmed which is connected with the main SQL server.

This GUI gives an easy interface to the user in the format of a form. You must have filled online forms which is very easy to work with. Such forms are connected to a relational database like SQL.

User Management by SQL SA

There can be number of SQL users created by the SQL Administrator. The SA creates the required users and their usernames. The default password can be set to same credentials for all the users which can be changed by individuals.

If you are an Outlook user, you might be interested in PST Password recovery.

Now here comes the issue you have been waiting for! If an SQL user forgets its password, what would it do? Well! the user can contact the SQL SA in such cases. Being an administrator, it is an easy task to reset the user’s password and assign a new one.

Change user Password using SQL Server Configuration Manager

1. Click on Start button ⇒ All Programs ⇒ Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (your SQL version) ⇒Configuration Tools, and then click on SQL Server Configuration Manager.
2. In SQL Server Configuration Manager, click on SQL Server Services.
3. In the details area, right-click on SQL Server (<instancename>), and click on Properties.
4. In the SQL Server (<instancename>) Properties dialog box, Log On tab, for the account listed in the Account Name box, type the new password.
5. The new password will be active immediately, without restarting SQL Server.

To change the password used by the SQL Server Agent service

1. Click on Start button ⇒ All Programs ⇒ Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (Your SQL version), ⇒ Configuration Tools ⇒ SQL Server Configuration Manager.
2. In SQL Server Configuration Manager, click SQL Server Services.
3. In the details pane, right-click on the SQL Server Agent (<instancename>), and then click Properties.
4. In the SQL Server Agent (<instancename>) Properties dialog box, on the Log On tab, for the account listed in the Account Name box, type the new password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes, and then click OK.

On a stand-alone instance of SQL Server, the password takes effect immediately, without restarting SQL Server. On a clustered instance, SQL Server might take the SQL Server resource offline, and require a restart. (Source – Microsoft)

Lost Master.MDF file Password

Now the scenario is different here. If the password of Master.mdf file is compromised or forgotten, you cannot reset it. Why? Because it is the main file managed by the SQL SA which carries every information about all the users as well. In such cases, you cannot access your SQL Server database.

How to Reset/Renew SQL Server Password?

Unfortunately, the manual method cannot be applied because the user needs administrator rights to reset and allot a new password. To recover the password of SQL server database, you need a third party tool. SQL Password Recovery by SysInfoTools can gives you an ability to set a new password to SQL database. This gives you access to your SQL server within few seconds, and believe me that it is done within few seconds and your SQL Server Management Studio is back in your access.

Note – I recommended you a commercialware third party tool which is not my property. Therefore I suggest you to try the demo version of this tool before initiating any purchase.

Repair and Restore BKF file | Windows 8.1,7,XP | SQL Database

Backup! The word sounds really safe whenever we are dealing with computers or other gadgets. It is basically a preventive measure what all the sensible users take if they are concerned about the data stored in their hard drives. There are many who still say this: What is the need of creating a backup and occupying space unnecessarily? So, first I would like to answer them why do they need to backup their data.

How to Repair PDF file in Windows | Damaged or Corrupt

Portable Document Format file! widely known as PDF file, is the most used format to share documents online. If you move back just a few years back, After the fist decade of 21st Century, the most common program to create documents online was MS Word. Though MS Word is still like a hot selling cake, but to send the files through mails or sharing through FTP, PDF has become a reliable option now.

How to Repair Corrupted Zip, RAR, TAR, Tar.gz, 7z in Windows

We all deal with file transfers in our daily lives. If you are a mobile user, than you must be using Bluetooth for transferring your files, or in these days WiFi direct is in order. Whereas if you are a daily computer user apart from mobiles, you must be sending files through emails, Network file transfer (If you are on a local network), online public or private sharing through services like Drop-box, Zoho Docs, One drive by Microsoft and many more. A smaller size is easy to share but when it comes to large or multiple file transfer, we need to compress the files and create a single package. Zip compression is the most common technique used by computer users, followed by Rar, Tar, Tar.gz and 7z.

How to Repair Corrupted Access Database File

Microsoft! The word itself means reliability. If you are a common computer user, when you hear this word, the first thing that strikes into your mind is Microsoft Windows (it could be any version). If you are a user having more than average computer skills, you may complete it by saying Microsoft Office. When we talk to Microsoft Professionals, they get deep into other productive programs of MS Office like MS Access.

You are right! I am talking about Microsoft Access in this article, and will try to explain why we use MS Acess, its common errors if corrupted and solutions to repair corrupt MS Access database.

Note – This is an in-depth article (lengthy article) to serve the solution to repair corrupt Access Database file. Please read the article carefully and till end, for the best solution.

Best Solutions Available for Email Management in MS Outlook

MS Outlook is one of the most reliable, easy and popular email clients available and comes with the Microsoft Office package. As we all know that the more we use any product, more we are likely to face issues. The issues mostly get resolved within seconds as you can fix most of the things on your own.

How to Repair OST and Convert into PST in MS Outlook

We had talked about how we can migrate from Outlook Express to MS Outlook manually. In that case, we converted DBX to PST. Here in this article I am talking about the database files in MS Outlook and how we convert OST to PST in MS Outlook. Before this, let me share a bit on the difference between OST and PST and why we need conversion.

What is the difference between OST and PST?

How to Repair Outlook PST file Using PST Repair Tool ScanPST.EXE

In the part articles, we had discussed a lot about how we can perform email management in MS Outlook. In this post, I am going to talk about how we can repair Outlook PST files using the Inbox Repair Tool mostly known as ScanPST.exe.

In Outlook 2002 and all the previous versions, the PST files which were generated, had a maximum storage limit of 2 GB (also discussed in previous articles). Most of the users who are not tech savvy, use their email client continuously without knowing about the frequent preventive maintenance. Before coming to the outlook PST repair process, let me tell you what are the preventive measures to avoid PST corruption.

How to Compress Outlook PST file Safely

So far we have read about what happens if your Outlook PST file minimum size limit is exceeded and the measures to prevent PST corruption. If the corruption has already taken place, you can recover from it using PST Repair Tool by Microsoft. There is a concern that many people have and shared with me. They say that it is not possible for them to manage multiple PST files in order to prevent corruption of PST file because of its size limit. A nice question asked by a curious 1st year college student was:

How to Convert DBX to MS Outlook Manually (DBX to PST)

DBX to PST Converter has become a hot selling cake in the market. People have started adopting new technologies and the user interface (UI) is changing rapidly. Outlook Express is getting obsolete slowly and MS Outlook is the order of the day. Both are Microsoft Products and used for same purpose. Outlook Express is an outdated image of MS Outlook, hence both the programs understand different file formats and store data differently. You might not be aware that a .DBX file can store only 2 Gb maximum data, and it crashes if tried to add more, hence you must prefer upgrading to latest practices to avoid data loss.  This is These are the reasons why we need to convert Outlook Express DBX to MS Outlook PST.