SQL Express SP2 and Windows Vista UAC

re: SQL Express SP2 and Windows Vista UAC

dreed007 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:55:08 GMT

I tried the switch ADDUSERASADMIN while installing on a Windows 7 machine, but it didn't seem to work. Is there a switch to use when installing SQL Express 2005 on a Windows 7 machine to make the Windows user an admin in the instance of SQL Server Express being installed at the command prompt?

re: SQL Express SP2 and Windows Vista UAC

evangrun — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:07:54 GMT

I just gave up trying to get SQL server installed on a vista system. Its a nightmare. It feels like running windows millenium on an alpha blended system (pun intended). We are reverting back to windows 2000 server.

UAC and the system integration with rights management is a bloated .... [words fail me]. You guys tried to get (l)unix features into an operating system, had to many program/product managers have there say and the result is a headache.

Its been a very long time ago (been into the business successfully 20 years) where I actually had to say: I give up on this.

Connecting to SQL Server 2005 on Vista and Longhorn

SQL Protocols — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:45:03 GMT

Some customers have experienced problems connecting to SQL Server 2005 on Vista and Longhorn. Even though

SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released

SQL Server Express WebLog — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:15:57 GMT

It's been a long road filled with many shouts of "Are we there yet?", so I'm happy to say that yet, we're

Inaccuracies in recent CNNMoney.com article about SQL Express and Windows Vista

SQL Server Express WebLog — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:57:27 GMT

Owen Thomas wrote an article for the Business 2.0 secton of CNNMoney.com on December 15,2006 that made

SQL Express SP2

Paul Mooney — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:57:48 GMT

Vista flaw could haunt Microsoft Poor journalism is one thing, but deliberately trying to misinform...