Resetting SQL sa password

Hi all,
I am a novice to SQL Server . I have heard a lot of good things about the MSDN forum and the technical proficiencies of the members over here. That drives me here mates.
Moving on to the topic i would like to have discussion on is about password reset. The scenario is that I have installed the SQL server 2008 in mixed mode. I am able to login to SQL server (local) using the windows authentication. However,
as i have forgotten the password for "sa" account, i need to know various options by which the "sa" password can be reset.
(1) Command line options if any
(2)Using SQL server management studio after login using windows authentication with admin rights account.
(3)A list of about 5 third party free tools available to reset using the graphic mode.
(4) Any other options that I may have missed above.
I anticipate and appreciate a detailed discussion over this issue.
Cheers.

If I understand you properly when you wrote "I am able to login to SQL server (local) using the windows authentication" then you didn't need to start SQL Server with the "m" single-use mode switch. You could have just done the password change while
logged in as a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
In addition to using Management Studio, you could use Transact-SQL, using the ALTER LOGIN command. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189828.aspx
If you want to run Transact-SQL from the command line, check out the sqlcmd tool which installs with SQL Server. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165702(SQL.105).aspx
I'm not sure what you want when you say "Using SQL server management studio". You might be interested in the tutorials available in Books Online such as:
Database Engine Tutorials
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj590844.aspx
Tutorial: sqlcmd Utility
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms170207(SQL.105).aspx
Rick Byham, Microsoft, SQL Server Books Online, Implies no warranty

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