>>>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?
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>>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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>That's what I am doing. I am still getting used to Management Studio - I will try doing New Query in the future.
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>Thanks!

Just keep in mind that all resultsets in New Query window are read-only. You can't edit the values of the fields directly there.