I'm not using Vista and not planning to but I know that it's not enough to be an administrator because programs may still run under a user privilidges because of freaking UAC. I was suggesting to right click om SSMS exe (whatever it is) and choose Run As Admin.

>I believe I am running the MS as administrator. i am logged in with the Vista admin account. Is there something I could check to confirm?
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>Are you saying that you do not get the behavior I describe if you run MS as admin?
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>>Try to run the Management Studio exe as Administrator