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Do I run this on a command prompt screen?
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Anthony

Do I run this on a command prompt screen?

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In SQL Server Management Studio
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if you are an admin on the server, the following procedure can be followed to unlock sa account <br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207004.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.c<wbr />om/en-us/l<wbr />ibrary/dd2<wbr />07004.aspx<wbr /></a>
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if you are an admin on the server, the following procedure can be followed to unlock sa account

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207004.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207004.aspx]

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My previous comment is applicable only if , you don't have any other sysadmin account available to connect to SQL server. &nbsp;If you have other sysadmin accounts, Anothony's solutions should work.
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My previous comment is applicable only if , you don't have any other sysadmin account available to connect to SQL server.  If you have other sysadmin accounts, Anothony's solutions should work.

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Thank you for the assistance...
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I have &nbsp;SQL server 2012 that only has the &quot;sa&quot; account as administrator and the account is locked.<br />
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Can someone tell me how to go about unlocking the &quot;sa&quot; account???
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I have  SQL server 2012 that only has the "sa" account as administrator and the account is locked.

Can someone tell me how to go about unlocking the "sa" account???

SQL Server SA Account

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