>In a query windows in Management Studio if I type a query like SELECT * FROM Table1 it transforms it to SELECT field1, field2, field3 FROM Table1. Is there a way to turn that off?
When you open table for editing "Right click on table->Open" and then open SQL Window and type your query, I think this is not possible.
When you press "New Query" and then type your query nothing is changed (at least here on my computer).
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