Question : collation change on system tables

We just moved some databases to a new server install.  Somehow in the process the tables:  TempDB, MSDB, Model collation changed.  We would like to restore the collation back to Latin1_General_BIN

Thanks!

Answer : collation change on system tables

This is important:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/instsql/in_collation_19ym.asp

Collation settings, which include character set, sort order, and other locale-specific settings, are fundamental to the structure of all Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 databases. To change one or more of these settings, you must rebuild the master and user databases.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/instsql/in_collation_19ym.asp

Use the Collation Settings screen to modify default collation settings. Use the Windows Locale option to match collation settings in instances of Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000. Use SQL Collations to match settings that are compatible with the sort orders in earlier versions of SQL Server.

To rebuild the master database, follow these steps:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/howtosql/ht_install_8w8p.asp