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Is your account member of the SYSADMIN role ?<br />
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Is your accound member of Windows Local administrators group ?
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Is your account member of the SYSADMIN role ?

Is your accound member of Windows Local administrators group ?

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My OS is Windows 7 Home Premium and my account type is Administrator
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My OS is Windows 7 Home Premium and my account type is Administrator

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FYI: I can`t set SYSADMIN role to my account. Also I can`t create any database
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FYI: I can`t set SYSADMIN role to my account. Also I can`t create any database

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UAC is disabled. Sorry for the delay in my response. &nbsp;Finally I uninstalled 2008 Express and installed 2005 express and I solved my problem.<br />
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So I'll accept your last comment as a solution in order to reward your effort<br />
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Thanks!<br />

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UAC is disabled. Sorry for the delay in my response.  Finally I uninstalled 2008 Express and installed 2005 express and I solved my problem.

So I'll accept your last comment as a solution in order to reward your effort

Thanks!


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I got the following error when I tried to modify Server Authentication mode to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode:<br />
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xp_regread() returned error 5, 'Access is denied.' (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 220001)<br />
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Any suggestions?
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I got the following error when I tried to modify Server Authentication mode to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode:

xp_regread() returned error 5, 'Access is denied.' (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 220001)

Any suggestions?

sql server 2008 express server authentication mode

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.