Background Information
Project Server stores Project-Server authenticated
account passwords as encrypted data in the SQL Server database.
Resolution
If you forget the password that you entered for the
Administrator account while installing Project Server, you can reset the
password by completing the following steps:
1. Launch the SQL
Server Enterprise Manager and log in with administrator permissions
2. Select the
Project Server database
3. Select the
MSP_WEB_RESOURCES table and return all rows
4. Select the
record for the Administrator account and delete the encrypted password in the
WRES_PASSWORD
5. Close the SQL
Server Enterprise Manager
6. Log into
Project Web Access using the built-in Administrator and with a blank password