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When I start SSMS using "run as" another windows account, it messes up my own registered servers encrypted data When I want to connect to a registered server, it first says it cannot decrypt the password data (System.Exception: CryptUnprotectData: Win32 error:-2146893813) When I alter the password and save it, I cannot logon (same error) when I launch SSMS in a normal way. Shouldn’t the "run as" use another set of registered servers ? [V]
Run as feature is good in order to provide flexibility when the required user is not present, but this works completely different with operating system. What is your operating system?
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We use Windows XP sp2.
THen there is a problem in using Run As feature in XP SP2 as compared to Win2K3 server platform due to the internal calls between WMI & programming language for XP, I believe if you are not able to find any solution then use MS connecthttp://connect.microsoft.com to post your feedback. Satya SKJ
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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