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Asked: 2026-05-10T19:50:07+00:00

I have built an application that uses SQL Express 2005 and I want to

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I have built an application that uses SQL Express 2005 and I want to deploy it, but the problem is that anyone who has SQL Management Studio(or something like that) installed on his computer, can connect to my database and change it. Is there anyway to prevent end-users from seeing or editing the content of my database, even those with the Administrator privileges?

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  1. I guess you’re referring to the fact that by default SQL Server installs allow Windows and SQL Server Authentication. If you remove the Windows Authentication mode then users will have to connect via SQL Server authentication.

    This from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247931

    SQL Server authentication

    SQL Server authentication relies on the internal user list maintained by the SQL Server computer. This list does not include Windows NT users, and is specific to the SQL Server computer. Users are created and configured using the SQL Server Enterprise Manager. To use this authentication method, perform with the following steps:

    • If you connect through Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), in the ODBC Administrator, choose SQL Server authentication when you configure the data source.

    •In the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) connection string, include the parameters ‘UID’ and ‘PWD’ when you use ODBC, and ‘User ID’ and ‘Password’ when you use the SQLOLEDB provider.

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