>Hi,
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>Im trying to install MSDE on my PC Windows 2000. The problem is it defaults to Windows NT security validation. I want to default it in SQL validation regardless of what OS is being used.
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>How can I configure the Securitymode of MSDE to "SQL" so that everytime I install it on a machine the default will be in "SQL"?
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Take a look at mskb #Q282017 PRB: SQL Server 2000 Help File Contains Confusing Information About the Desktop Engine Setup.