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April 15, 2008

Resolving CREATE DATABASE Permission denied in database 'master' error on Vista and SQL Express




Have you encountered the error 'CREATE DATABASE Permission denied in database 'master'' even though you are logged into Windows Vista with administrator privileges.

Reason for the error : Windows Vista users that are members of the Windows Administrators group are not automatically granted permission to connect to SQL Server, and they are not automatically granted administrative privileges.

Resolution: Grant rights to the administrator. Follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2005 > Configuration Tools > SQL Server Surface Area Configuration.

Step 2: Click on 'Add New Administrator'.

Step 3: In the 'SQL Server User Provisioning on Vista' dialog box, look out for the 'Member of the SqlServer SysAdmin role ' in the 'Available Privileges' box. Transfer it to the 'Privileges that will be granted to' box. Click Ok.

Note: You will be able to see 'Add New Administrator' in the Configuration tool only if you have logged in as an administrator


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50 Responses to "Resolving CREATE DATABASE Permission denied in database 'master' error on Vista and SQL Express"
  1. Anonymous said...
    June 19, 2008 1:43 AM

    Its working, thanks for the post.

  2. Anonymous said...
    June 29, 2008 2:56 AM

    Thanks! This really helped.

  3. Anonymous said...
    August 24, 2008 5:13 PM

    awesome. Thanks for the post!~

  4. Syed Iqbal Simnani said...
    October 3, 2008 9:37 AM

    Thanks a lot. I guessed that this was the problem, but did not know where to tell SQL server to use vitsa admin account. I wonder why Microsoft does not fix it.

    Thanks once again.

    Regards
    Syed Iqbal Simnani

  5. Anonymous said...
    October 10, 2008 6:48 AM

    Thanks for the detailed post. Works great!

  6. Anonymous said...
    November 16, 2008 10:15 PM

    Thanks, helped a lot

  7. sabna said...
    January 21, 2009 4:53 AM

    thnak u very much..it worked...

  8. Anonymous said...
    January 22, 2009 7:00 AM

    Thanks a lot for your valuable steps...

  9. Anonymous said...
    March 10, 2009 6:28 PM

    Thanks.It helped me.

  10. Anonymous said...
    March 12, 2009 12:41 PM

    thank you so much it helped me a lot..

  11. Ahmed Gamal said...
    March 21, 2009 3:42 AM

    Thanks.

  12. Anonymous said...
    May 23, 2009 12:37 PM

    Thanks alot..its working..

  13. Anonymous said...
    May 24, 2009 12:06 AM

    awesome!!!
    thanx a lot sir

  14. Anonymous said...
    May 28, 2009 8:06 PM

    I tried alot to solve.. but ur post helped me alot keep goingg

  15. Chris said...
    May 31, 2009 1:09 PM

    Thanks 4 this valuable info!

  16. Anonymous said...
    July 12, 2009 10:06 PM

    Thanks a lot.

  17. Anonymous said...
    July 23, 2009 12:08 PM

    Thanks its really helpful. Thanks for this post

  18. zameer said...
    August 25, 2009 3:16 AM

    Thanks for your help solved it with the

    In the system.web section added

    identity impersonate="true" userName="username here" password="pw here"

    Thanks

  19. Oscar said...
    September 10, 2009 7:41 PM

    Thanks its working right now :)

  20. cami said...
    September 17, 2009 6:10 AM

    best post!
    really really helped!
    thanks

  21. Nanda Kumar (ocs) said...
    September 29, 2009 12:04 AM

    thank you..very much....


    u help me a lot....

  22. Ashu said...
    January 9, 2010 3:36 AM

    Hi, All

    I dont seen in Add New Administrator button.

    so what should i do ??
    I m using vindow's vista..
    i did all these things written on this blog..
    plz help me ..


    Thanks

  23. aditya said...
    January 31, 2010 11:52 PM

    thanks, it really works!!

  24. gv said...
    February 5, 2010 9:24 AM

    nice

  25. Anonymous said...
    February 11, 2010 8:09 AM

    Wicked, Cheers

  26. david said...
    April 12, 2010 2:47 AM

    I installed the sql mangment studio 2008. the sqlservr.exe engine started as a network service. the studio starts as a user program, so it is not allowed to create a new database.
    how to resolve this issue without the need to write a service that executes the sql management studio program.
    David

  27. Sujata said...
    April 15, 2010 11:24 AM

    Thanks a lot..its working now..

  28. Anonymous said...
    June 23, 2010 7:09 PM

    Thanks,its working

  29. Arunsai said...
    June 28, 2010 1:07 AM

    'Member of the SqlServer SysAdmin role ' in the 'Available Privileges' box is missing

  30. Anonymous said...
    July 9, 2010 5:52 AM

    Hmmm - I don't have an "Add new administrator option".

    I get two links

    "Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections"

    and

    "Surface area configuration for features"

    Neither of these options contain the "Add new administrator" feature.

    Anyone have any ideas?

    The machine is a Windows Vista install, and I'm using SQL Express.

  31. Anonymous said...
    July 9, 2010 5:57 AM

    Just to add to that last post - I am logged in as an Administrator.

    SQL server is a strange beast. You'd think that having installed it an an Administrator, I'd then be able to go in as that very same user and determine how I want to control access to it.

  32. Fins said...
    August 26, 2010 11:40 AM

    Very Good! Thanks.

  33. Anonymous said...
    October 6, 2010 11:13 AM

    thanks

  34. Anonymous said...
    November 21, 2010 1:25 AM

    Champion!!!!

  35. Anonymous said...
    January 7, 2011 9:31 AM

    thanks for help

  36. Anonymous said...
    January 11, 2011 9:15 AM

    thanks everything is now working...

  37. YogY said...
    January 21, 2011 8:46 PM

    Thanks very much ^________________^

  38. Anonymous said...
    February 6, 2011 8:10 PM

    Thank you so much. I have been trying to attach instnwnd.sql for over q week now, getting this message. So glad I finally ran accros your post.

  39. vishnu said...
    March 11, 2011 6:35 PM

    i use windows 7 .......... pls help me i have also this error.

  40. link wheel said...
    March 14, 2011 12:36 AM

    Hi,think you've made some truly interesting points. Not too many people would actually think about this the way you just did. I'm really impressed that there's so much about this subject that's been uncovered and you did it so well, with so much class. Good one you, man! Really great stuff here.

  41. വള്ളുവനാട് കുഞ്ഞാലി said...
    March 23, 2011 5:55 AM
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  42. Grace said...
    May 29, 2011 11:58 AM

    having the same problem using windows 7. pls help.

  43. Ang maman said...
    June 7, 2011 9:42 PM

    thanks. it's working for me

  44. Anonymous said...
    July 21, 2011 4:51 AM

    Thank you for your post sir. It really helped me. Two thumbs UP !!

  45. free auto insurance quotes said...
    July 22, 2011 9:15 PM

    I was facing the same problem and was looking for a permanent solution.But i couldn't fond one.After reaching here.I found the solution.Now everything is just perfect.And my database is working fine.

  46. Anonymous said...
    August 17, 2011 10:48 AM

    Good work!Thanks a lot.Its working now

  47. Anonymous said...
    November 8, 2011 7:20 AM

    thanks boss

  48. mashie said...
    November 20, 2011 10:20 PM

    thanks for the information ;) for almost a semester i can't use my sql server thanks for the help! GOdbless!;)

  49. Lewis said...
    November 28, 2011 4:47 PM

    This makes me want to cry. it still isn't working

  50. link wheel said...
    February 13, 2012 5:31 PM

    SO HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS :

    1. Am I allowed to run my program using user "TestUser" since SQL is installed using "Glen" windows user?

    2. Do I need to add access rights to "TestUser" to allow the user to have CREATE rights? (Note : for security reason, I can add other access rights except Administrator)

 

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