UPDATED! 11/11/11 Every DBA runs into the following topic from time to time in their career, How Do you go about Migrating Logins from One SQL Server to Another ? From time to time you'll want to move actual sql login users to another server be it an upgrade, or if you have a good development - test - production cycle, you might be more used to this. Or maybe just maybe you're starting this cycle out, initially just run the Sproc provided by Microsoft called sp_help_revlogin There are two methods posted on the Microsoft site: Method 1 is for Sql Server 2000 to 2000 KB 246133 Method 2 is for Sql Server 2000 to 2005 KB 246133 Method 3 is for Sql Server 2005/2008 KB 918992 You will need to use Query Analyzer for Sql Server 2000 or Management Studio for 2005/2008 Copy the results and paste them to the new query window Go to the source server and open up a new query window and be sure you are pointing to your source database check that your Management s...