Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 0 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install

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Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 0 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install

chulheekim

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May 4, 2011 at 4:22 pm

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I see the message below everywhere in the sql error log file. They appeared only on last Monday. What is this about?
Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 0 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.
Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 1 to 0. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.
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Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 0 to 0. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 1

Someone's playing with updating the system tables. Very bad thing to do, easy to break stuff and not notice for log periods of time.

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sachnam SSCrazy Points: 2317 More actions · Answer 2

chulheekim (5/4/2011)
I see the message below everywhere in the sql error log file. They appeared only on last Monday. What is this about?
Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 0 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.
Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 1 to 0. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.
or
Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 0 to 0. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.

These messages demostrates that somebody has tried to change the sql sever configuration setting 'Allow updates'.

0 to 1 Represents that it was enabled by somebody or some job on your Instance.

1 to 0 represents that it was disabled by somebody.

Enabling this option on sql server allows you to make changes in system Tables. It is generally a bad practice to play with system objects but in some cases it was the only solution in sql server.

1 such case i remember is changes the sysdatabases tables in case of database corruption.

Regards..

Meet George Jetson SSChampion Points: 11241 More actions · Answer 3

I would suggest you take a thorough look at the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration for Features to see if any changes were made.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 4

Meet George Jetson (5/6/2011)
I would suggest you take a thorough look at the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration for Features to see if any changes were made.

SQL 2000 doesn't have a surface area config.

Gail Shaw
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Meet George Jetson SSChampion Points: 11241 More actions · Answer 5

Thanks Gail, I forgot what forum I was in.

To see what changes may have been made, run sp_configure

Chris Powell

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chulheekim Ten Centuries Points: 1278 More actions · Answer 6

All those messages in the log file was about me trying to fix the broken linked server. I was changing the properties on that day. Thank you guys.

jasonlorraine1999 Old Hand Points: 316 More actions · Answer 7

You see

Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 1 to 0. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.

When you apply a service pack