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title: "How do I change the SA password and turn off the SQL security policy in SQL 2005?"
slug: "how-do-i-change-the-sa-password-and-turn-off-the-sql-security-policy-in-sql-2005"
updated: 2024-04-02T06:58:24Z
published: 2024-04-02T06:58:24Z
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# How do I change the SA password and turn off the SQL security policy in SQL 2005?

How do I change the SA password and turn off the SQL security policy in SQL 2005 using OSQL?

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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>osql -E -S.

1> ALTER LOGIN sa WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF 2> go 1> exec sp_password NULL, 'pharos', 'sa' 2> go

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