At present, SQL Server 2008 continues to support two modes for validating connections and authenticating access to database resources: (Windows Authentication Mode) and (SQL Server and Windows ...

Windows Authentication Mode requires the user to be authenticated by NT or Win2K and is the new default for SQL Server 2000. In Mixed Mode, both SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode logins ...

Then, simply restart your SQL Server; and voila! Extended Protection is ON! Downloads for all of the updates necessary to make this work on machines that aren't running Windows 7 or WIndows Server ...