I believe they are in binary. You cannot read them.

Got a link about how to extract a compressed backup to native backup.

http://www.lazydba.com/sql/1__20502.html

You should not use sa account to copy a file from one server to another. You should use a domain account.

To look whether or not an account has authority...

If your databases are huge, you may consider to use attach/detach approach.

I agree with others' inputs. You may also check AutoGrowth for databases in this filegroup.

I believe that you would like to translate one language to another in SQL Server Reporting Services.

I do not think current SQL versions have this funciton.

Cost for indexed table is unnecessarily less than table scan if indexes are not created correctly.

Personal point of view.

You may have to map login info, then reset the database backup to readonly status.

If I understand your question clearly, you may try the following code

SELECT name, createdate, updatedate from master..syslogins

I am not aware of any. I would be interested if anyone would.

There are many other approaches to send emails from an SQL Server, such as CDONT. You do not need any mail server to implement your tasks.

How about to grant EXEC to your user for executing this stored procedure?

Error 1067 is a general error. Check your SQL logs and event logs and see what you find.

This error may indicate an error in registry also.

Go to the source server to check whether or not the table exists, including its owner;

Check whether or not the link works.

How about LiteSpeed?