Comments on: SQL Server Management Studio 2005/2008 forgets password

By: ebook

ebook — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:26:40 +0000

Thanks bro,
This is what I’m looking for

By: Chris H

Chris H — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:32:09 +0000

In my case on Vista it was located in

C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell

In any case thanks for posting this, it was very frustrating to have it randomly happen.

By: DaveH

DaveH — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:51:04 +0000

Does not work. A Registered server remembers passwords correctly. But if you are using the change connection in a query window and you have multiple logins for the same server you are changing to, the passwords will not be remembered properly. Why is there no “hot fix” for this?

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:48:39 +0000

I don’t think that this will work due to the fact that when you delete the file mentioned and re-enter the data it simply re-creates the SqlStudio.bin file.

By: Rob Ainscough

Rob Ainscough — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:52:29 +0000

FYI, deleting SqlStudio.bin is not a perminant solution, in fact it’s pretty temporary. It will “appear” to solve the problem initially after you’ve re-entered all your user/passwords for each server you connect to … BUT, within a month it was back to forgetting passwords again.

I’m almost certain this is yet again another security context problem with the OS and SSMS – I would attribute most of the bugs found in Microsoft’s products (including OS) are directly related to a very poor job at implementing security.

I still hope (and think it is necessary for the survival of Microsoft) that we’ll see a true NEW OS come out of Microsoft in the near near future. Backwards compatibility will NOT be maintained (can’t be as security and compatibility are in direct opposition) but VMWare could be included with the brand NEW OS. NEW = start from scratch — it really is the only way for Microsoft to survive.

By: Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:21:38 +0000

I had it working well with two servers that used the same userid/password combination, but it gets confused when you have to connect to a server using a different userid and/or password. It appears to override all passwords with the new one. Now I have to clear it out and start over (again!)

By: Rob Ainscough

Rob Ainscough — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:21:40 +0000

And Microsoft wonder why they got passed up by Apple. Microsoft IS the Kmart blue light special of software. I’ve been developing software for since age 16 and was published by age 18 … going on 30 years of software development … Microsoft wasn’t always this bad, their products started to spiral downwards around 2000.

I know when I’m coding for Microsoft, as 50% of my time will be searching the internet for solutions to bugs. When I’m coding for OSX and variants, I spend less than 10% of my time searching for bugs. Pretty significant difference, and IMHO the very reason Microsoft will continue the spiral downwards … who knows, maybe Apple will toss 80 Million into Microsoft when they hit rock bottom … the irony.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:36:35 +0000

Yes, it’s pretty lame. For Sql Server 2008, you need to go to C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell

and delete SqlStudio.bin.

Make sure SSMS is not running when you delete it. Fire up SSMS again. It will have forgotten all your servers, so you’ll need to reenter them, but it should remember yous credentials. I have no idea what causes it to initially mess up.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:56:22 +0000

You can fix the password rememberance problem by deleting file(s)?
Are you serious?
Becuase if you are, let me know – I’m sick of having to type the damn password in all the time!