Recover SQL Server Database Password After Forgot or Lost It

  • 10 years ago
SQL Server Database user password is forgotten or lost, how to recover SQL Server database password and access SQL Server?

If you could login into SQL Server with Windows Authentication mode, it would be easy to recover SQL Server user password for database. But if not, we have to find a tool to recover SQL Server password. iSunshare SQL Password Genius is enough and effective for SQL Server database password recovery.

Step 1: Download and install it on your computer.
http://www.isunshare.com/sql-password-recovery.html

Step 2: Stop SQL Server Services and run SQL Password Genius.
Start SQL Server Configuration Manager and stop SQL Server Services. And then run SQL Password Genius.

Step 3: Open SQL Server Database and import it into SQL Password Genius.
Click “Open File” button in SQL Password Genius and find out SQL Server database file in computer. And then select it and click “Open” button to import it into SQL password recovery tool.

At the same time, all the users for SQL Server database are listed.

Step 4: Recover SQL Server Database password.
Select the user you want to recover password, generally choose “sa” account. And then click “Reset” button. Type new password for it and click “OK”.

Quickly “sa” password is recovered with new one. Now start SQL Server Services and login into SQL Server Database with SA account and its new password.

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