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Password Recovery for MS SQL Serve
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Version
2.5.593
SQL Password is a password recovery tool for Microsoft
SQL Server that can recover password for registered
user accounts. The following versions of MS SQL Server
are supported: 2000, 2005, 2005, 2008 (all editions).
Because of the nature of the security system used in
MS SQL Server, you have two options when recovering
lost or forgotten passwords: 1) you can try to recover
the original password. MS SQL Server encrypts
passwords and they cannot be easily decrypted, so SQL
Password uses the following recovery methods to crack
them: Brute Force Attack, Dictionary Attack and Smart
Force Attack. Although there is a guarantee that the
password will be recovered, it may take a long time.
So, in most cases (i.e. an administrator who has
forgotten his or her password) the best option is the
second one: 2) you can reset the password to a known
one. SQL Password performs this operation instantly by
modifying the master.mdf file where SQL Server stores
passwords. If you use this feature, you do not have to
wait until the password is cracked, though the
original password remains unknown. This change is
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