can't access server - lost sa password

We have what we think is msde running on a box. No one knows the sa password.
I am in the domain admin group on Windows and the Windows admin group but
when I right click on BUILTIN\administrator, I don't get the "properties"
menu selection. I also can't create a new login.
A few weeks ago I was able to create a new login and a new database. I'm not
sure what happened. My windows login is not there anymore but I would have
thought I could use the BUILTIN\administrator login to admin the server.
Any ideas on how I can get control of the server?
Thanks,
Dan D.
Although I hate tools like these but try this tool if it works for you ...
http://www.nextgenss.com/sqlcrack.htm
Harman Sahni
"Dan D." <DanD@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We have what we think is msde running on a box. No one knows the sa
password.
> I am in the domain admin group on Windows and the Windows admin group but
> when I right click on BUILTIN\administrator, I don't get the "properties"
> menu selection. I also can't create a new login.
> A few weeks ago I was able to create a new login and a new database. I'm
not
> sure what happened. My windows login is not there anymore but I would have
> thought I could use the BUILTIN\administrator login to admin the server.
> Any ideas on how I can get control of the server?
> Thanks,
> --
> Dan D.
|||Thanks but I figured out the sa password. I'll keep this for future reference.
"Harman Sahni" wrote:

> Although I hate tools like these but try this tool if it works for you ...
> http://www.nextgenss.com/sqlcrack.htm
> Harman Sahni
>
>
> "Dan D." <DanD@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E449D233-29E8-4ED0-AC95-2B4BF0FDC6D3@.microsoft.com...
> password.
> not
>
>
|||Dan
Log in SQL Server with Windows Authentication and run EXEC sp_password NULL,
'NewPass', 'MyUser
'
"Dan D." <DanD@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks but I figured out the sa password. I'll keep this for future
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> "Harman Sahni" wrote:
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