desinstall MS SQL

[minigitoo]

Hi
I am installing Crystal entreprise, it finds MS SQL Server installed
and ask me my login and password. I found directory MS SQL in program
files but i couldnt find uninstall programm. So I delete directory in
MS SQL in program files. But Crystal Entreprise find again MS SQL on my
machine.
Could you help me please ?
Thanks

PS: Sorry for my french post

[Jens]

So first deleting the SQL Server directories is a problem, you should
deinstall that, if you can´t find the uninstall it could be that you
don´t have the appropiate permissions to execute the deinstaller (?!).

Is there a service running with the name MSSQLSERVER***** ?

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer

[Erland Sommarskog]

(mi*******@aol.com) writes:

I am installing Crystal entreprise, it finds MS SQL Server installed
and ask me my login and password. I found directory MS SQL in program
files but i couldnt find uninstall programm. So I delete directory in
MS SQL in program files. But Crystal Entreprise find again MS SQL on my
machine.

Not really sure why you would uninstall SQL Server just because you
install Crystal Enterprise. Anyway, use Add/Remove Programs in the
control panel to uninstall SQL Server. Just deleting the files does not
help you, as Crystal - as any other civilized piece of software looks in
the registry.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp

[Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)]

"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...

(mi*******@aol.com) writes:

I am installing Crystal entreprise, it finds MS SQL Server installed
and ask me my login and password. I found directory MS SQL in program
files but i couldnt find uninstall programm. So I delete directory in
MS SQL in program files. But Crystal Entreprise find again MS SQL on my
machine.
Not really sure why you would uninstall SQL Server just because you
install Crystal Enterprise. Anyway, use Add/Remove Programs in the
control panel to uninstall SQL Server. Just deleting the files does not
help you, as Crystal - as any other civilized piece of software looks in
the registry.

And of course at this point if the original poster has no backup of that
directory, there's no easy way to uninstall the program since as I recall,
the uninstl script is normally there.



--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp

[Erland Sommarskog]

Greg D. Moore (Strider) (mo****************@greenms.com) writes:

"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...

(mi*******@aol.com) writes:

> I am installing Crystal entreprise, it finds MS SQL Server installed
> and ask me my login and password. I found directory MS SQL in program
> files but i couldnt find uninstall programm. So I delete directory in
> MS SQL in program files. But Crystal Entreprise find again MS SQL on my
> machine.

Not really sure why you would uninstall SQL Server just because you
install Crystal Enterprise. Anyway, use Add/Remove Programs in the
control panel to uninstall SQL Server. Just deleting the files does not
help you, as Crystal - as any other civilized piece of software looks in
the registry.

And of course at this point if the original poster has no backup of that
directory, there's no easy way to uninstall the program since as I recall,
the uninstl script is normally there.

Oops! I didn't think of that. I hope he still has his installation media,
so he can repair his installation to uninstall it.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp

[Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)]

"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...

Oops! I didn't think of that. I hope he still has his installation media,
so he can repair his installation to uninstall it.

To paraphrase a quote from 30+ years ago...

"We had to install the program to uninstall it".

Very zen actually.

Hmm.. Zen and the Art of Computer Maintenance.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp

[GP]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:

Greg D. Moore (Strider) (mo****************@greenms.com) writes:

"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...

(mi*******@aol.com) writes:

I am installing Crystal entreprise, it finds MS SQL Server installed
and ask me my login and password. I found directory MS SQL in program
files but i couldnt find uninstall programm. So I delete directory in
MS SQL in program files. But Crystal Entreprise find again MS SQL on my
machine.

Not really sure why you would uninstall SQL Server just because you
install Crystal Enterprise. Anyway, use Add/Remove Programs in the
control panel to uninstall SQL Server. Just deleting the files does not
help you, as Crystal - as any other civilized piece of software looks in
the registry.

And of course at this point if the original poster has no backup of that
directory, there's no easy way to uninstall the program since as I recall,
the uninstl script is normally there.

Oops! I didn't think of that. I hope he still has his installation media,
so he can repair his installation to uninstall it.

This has some good information on how to manually uninstall SQL Server 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290991

[minigitoo]

thanks

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giving their "very interesting" think !