>>Hi,
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>>I'm relatively new to SQL server. I installed the developer edition on my P.C. (running Windows 2000) a few months ago and selected 'Windows Authentication' for the connection. A few days ago, I changed mu Win2000 password and now I am locked out of SQL Server. How do I get back in (remember, I'm new to SQL server ...)
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>>TIA, Al
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>Shouldn't affect regular users. The only problem that I have experienced is when I changed permissions to the account that runs SQL Server. Whenever you install it it asks under which account should the SQL Server service run. The default is the system account, and if this is your development PC then that should be OK.
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>If you changed it to your account and password, maybe that is the problem. You can change this back to the system account or some account for which the password does not expire by going to the services and selecting "Properties" for the MSSQLServer service.

Well, it does affect my development machine. When I installed SQL Server on this box, I selected "Windows Authentication" - so I didn't specify a userid and pw during installl. For the last two months, everything has been fine - then a few days ago I was prompted by Windows2000 to change my password - which I did. Now, I get error 169 (The service did not start due to a login failure)when attempting to start-up SQL Server.

This has me stumped...