clear the enforce password policy

  • Hi guys

    need some desperate help

    I work on a software which runs on sql server 2005 at the backend

    on occasions due the weird reasons

    I wont be able to login into that database which uses sql 2005

    as it enforces the password policy

    irrelevant whether it has a password previously or not

    things I have tried to fix

    I have a tool which attaches the db , so that I can clear the pw

    but using that tool on this case ( and mostly it occurs on a vista machine )

    gives me a message that

    "file is in use "

    I can detach the db through db tool

    and the next message is

    login failed for user 'actadmin' where actadmin is the master user

    I have used tools to recreate login page

    uninstalled and reinstalled the software including sql instance but

    cannot break into the database

    I have used sql mgmt express tool too to clear the pw

    but of no luck

    how to fix this ?.

    your suggestions will be appreciated

    thanks

    sri

  • What os are you running SQL server on?

    Are you running on a domain?

    Can you post the exact error message you are getting when you have a failed login?

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