In SQL 2000 you could do the following (wont work in SQL 2005)
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USE [DB_NAME]
EXEC dbo.sp_configure @configname = 'allow update'
, @configvalue = '1'
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
UPDATE dbo.syscolumns
SET colstat = 0
WHERE id = object_id('[dbo].[TABLE_NAME]')
AND name...