I use the Mangement Studio Express to manage a MSDE 2000 instance and notice that the Server authentication area in the Security is disabled for that instance. But for an Express instance, the Server authentication area is enabled. Is this difference caused by some settings
Thanks,
Peter

Cannot change server authentication in Management Studio Express
Raymond Dalton
You will more then likley find that there are several differences in the way that the engine handles things. In this some of the features and systems that the management studio uses will not work on the older engines. For example the maintenance plans as we know them in sql server 2000 can not be created in the sql server management studio.... but they can be maintained and edited if you create them using one onf the sql server 2000 tools.
Nisa
Hi Glenn,
You're definitely right about how the engine works differently. So far, I have fixed another issue by adding BackupDirectory to MSDE instance so I can backup MSDE instance in Management Studio.
Peter
Hoang Nguyen
Hi Glenn,
I have resolved this issue by changing LoginMode from 0 to 2. This seems to be a change in behavior. In SQL Server 2000, it won't affect the Enterprise Manager.