Cannot reinstall MSDE on XP after uninstall it

I have trouble reinstalling MSDE 2000 on a XP machine after uninstalled it. I
did apply SP3a to the previous install of MSDE 2000 on the same XP machine.
Some of the component in an application did not work well so I had to
uninstall the MSDE 2000 SP3a completely. I removed all folders and even
registry entries. I kept getting this message, "Setup failed to configure the
server. Refer to the server error logs and setup logs for more information".
Unfortunately, those error and setup logs were useless. So, I used the /L*v
parameter to generate the setup log but it did not pinpoint why it failed. It
always fail at the last 4 seconds install period.
I ran the same setup on another XP machine. After uninstalled MSDE, removed
folders and registry entries, I was able to reinstall MSDE 2000 again.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
KC
Here's a Knowledge Base article with instructions on how to manually
uninstall MSDE 2000.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320873
Good luck,
Tony Sebion
"KC" <KC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3C2F678-813C-46EA-A216-9469F13777C3@.microsoft.com:

> I have trouble reinstalling MSDE 2000 on a XP machine after uninstalled it. I
> did apply SP3a to the previous install of MSDE 2000 on the same XP machine.
> Some of the component in an application did not work well so I had to
> uninstall the MSDE 2000 SP3a completely. I removed all folders and even
> registry entries. I kept getting this message, "Setup failed to configure the
> server. Refer to the server error logs and setup logs for more information".
> Unfortunately, those error and setup logs were useless. So, I used the /L*v
> parameter to generate the setup log but it did not pinpoint why it failed. It
> always fail at the last 4 seconds install period.
> I ran the same setup on another XP machine. After uninstalled MSDE, removed
> folders and registry entries, I was able to reinstall MSDE 2000 again.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
> KC
|||Thank you for the reply. First, I looked for those registry entries mentioned
in the article. None of them exists. So, I installed Windows Support Tools
for XP on the machine, ran the msizap with GUID, it found nothing.
The setup still fails with the same error message. What's next?
Thank you for the article though.
"Tony Sebion" wrote:

> Here's a Knowledge Base article with instructions on how to manually
> uninstall MSDE 2000.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320873
>
> Good luck,
> Tony Sebion
>
> "KC" <KC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F3C2F678-813C-46EA-A216-9469F13777C3@.microsoft.com:
>
>
|||hi
KC wrote:
> Thank you for the reply. First, I looked for those registry entries
> mentioned in the article. None of them exists. So, I installed
> Windows Support Tools for XP on the machine, ran the msizap with
> GUID, it found nothing.
> The setup still fails with the same error message. What's next?
>
sometimes this is due to MDAC mess, so you have to fix it...
you can try reinstalling the used MDAC stack and, in case of WinXP sp2, fix
it as described in http://www.macropool.com/en/download/mdac_xp_sp2.html
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||KC wrote:
> I have trouble reinstalling MSDE 2000 on a XP machine after uninstalled it. I
> did apply SP3a to the previous install of MSDE 2000 on the same XP machine.
> Some of the component in an application did not work well so I had to
> uninstall the MSDE 2000 SP3a completely. I removed all folders and even
> registry entries. I kept getting this message, "Setup failed to configure the
> server. Refer to the server error logs and setup logs for more information".
> Unfortunately, those error and setup logs were useless. So, I used the /L*v
> parameter to generate the setup log but it did not pinpoint why it failed. It
> always fail at the last 4 seconds install period.
> I ran the same setup on another XP machine. After uninstalled MSDE, removed
> folders and registry entries, I was able to reinstall MSDE 2000 again.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
> KC
Hi,
A had the same problem. I found that there isn't uninstalled
MSSQLServerADHelper service. I searched in registry and deletet
(almost;-) everything which contained MSSQL. That works (at least at my
PC). Maybe it'll work at yours too.
ukasz
|||Okay...Finally, I got it to reinstall after many tries. Thank you all for
your helps. First, MDAC was messed up. It was sqlsrv32.dll. Because I
upgraded my initial MSDE installed to SP3a, that DLL file got upgraded. I
replaced that DLL file from a good known XP machine. Then, re-registered all
MDAC using MDAC Repair Util. That didn't work. Later, I found out that there
were three DLLs missing from the System32 folder: sqlsrv32.rll, SQLWID.DLL &
SQLWOA.DLL. I copied them from a known good XP machine. Reinstalled MDAC 2.8
completely. After that, it installed just fine...Thank you.
"Andrea Montanari" wrote:

> hi
> KC wrote:
> sometimes this is due to MDAC mess, so you have to fix it...
> you can try reinstalling the used MDAC stack and, in case of WinXP sp2, fix
> it as described in http://www.macropool.com/en/download/mdac_xp_sp2.html
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
>

Cannot install SQL Srv 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB 921896) / uninstall SQL Srv 2005

I tried to uninstall SQL Server 2005 and it was failed.

I tried to install SP2 for SQL Server 2005, and it was failed too!

Here are the log file SUMMARY.TXT (is it enough?).

Can anyone tell me what the problem is?

Time: 05/17/2007 16:51:41.483
KB Number: KB921896
Machine: XXXXXX
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family, Enterprise Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 3790)
Package Language: 1033 (ENU)
Package Platform: x86
Package SP Level: 2
Package Version: 3042
Command-line parameters specified:
/quiet
/allinstances
Cluster Installation: No

**********************************************************************************
Prerequisites Check & Status
SQLSupport: Passed

**********************************************************************************
Products Detected Language Level Patch Level Platform Edition
Express Database Services (SQLEXPRESS) ENU RTM 2005.090.1399.00 x86 EXPRESS

**********************************************************************************
Products Disqualified & Reason
Product Reason

**********************************************************************************
Processes Locking Files
Process Name Feature Type User Name PID

**********************************************************************************
Product Installation Status
Product : Express Database Services (SQLEXPRESS)
Product Version (Previous): 1399
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Failure
Log File : D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Hotfix\SQL9Express_Hotfix_KB921896_SQLEXPR.EXE
SQL Express Features : SQL_Data_Files,SQL_Engine,SQL_Replication,SQL_SharedTools
Error Number : 1332
Error Description : *** Shared String ID 1332 Not Found ***
-

**********************************************************************************
Summary
One or more products failed to install, see above for details
Exit Code Returned: 1332

From the log, it looks like you have two instances of SQL 2005 on your machine, one instance of Standard Edition (instance name of MSSQLSERVER) and one instance of Express (instance name of SQLEXPRESS). The SP2 installer will only apply to your Standard edition and not to the Express edition. Try to run the SP2 installer and only select the Standard edition components. To upgrade your Express edition, use this package:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=31711d5d-725c-4afa-9d65-e4465cdff1e7&displaylang=en

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)

Cannot Install SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition - Configuration Tools Only

I have tried several times to install

SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition (most recently from MSDN Disk

3097.1) I have tried to complete an uninstall before each

attempt.

I do get the warning about Minimum Hardware Requirement, but can find

nothing in the detail requirements to exclude my PCs configuration.

I have installed: IIS and .NET Framework 2.0

I have also used ..\aspnet_regiis -r to register ASP.NET

I am, successfully, running Visual Studio 2005.

Why does the installation process stop there and what can I do next?

Look int he setup logs, they will tell you what requirements what not passed.

HTH, Jens SUessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

|||

There are 35 .log files. I am

guessing the one you refer to may be:

SQLSetup0001_586III800205_Core(Local).log It is a

19KB file

It confirms that the only 'Setup Consistency Check' failure is

the warning about

minimum

hardware requirement:

Article: Minimum Hardware Requirement, Result: Warning

Description: Minimum hardware requirements are not met, therefore, some

components may not perform as expected. Action: Make sure minimum

hardware requirements are met. Please refer to the readme for minimum

requirements.

I could not identify its problem: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=551260&siteid=1

Quiite a few steps are completed:

Installing: msxml6 on target: 586III800205

Complete: InstallSqlAction.9 at: 2006/5/30 16:22:18, returned true

Then some are skipped up to a Fatal Error:

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.11

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.11" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "sqlsupport", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.12

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.12" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "sqlncli", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.13

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.13" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "PPESku", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.18

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.18" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "owc11", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.20

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.20" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "BOL", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.22

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.22" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "bcRedist", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.9

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.9" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "msxml6", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Running: InstallDTSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:22:19

Installing: dts on target: 586III800205

******* Got commit request from MSI *******

Complete: InstallDTSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:26:23, returned true

Running: InstallNSAction.10 at: 2006/5/30 16:26:24

Installing: sqlxml4 on target: 586III800205

Complete: InstallNSAction.10 at: 2006/5/30 16:26:36, returned true

Running: InstallSqlAction at: 2006/5/30 16:26:36

Installing: sql on target: 586III800205

Failed to install package

Fatal error during installation.

Setting package return code to: 28086

Complete: InstallSqlAction at: 2006/5/30 16:28:40, returned false

Error: Action "InstallSqlAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Target collection includes the local machine.

Invoking installPackage() on local machine.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.10

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.10" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "sqlxml4", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Running: InstallASAction at: 2006/5/30 16:28:41

Installing: as on target: 586III800205

******* Got commit request from MSI *******

Complete: InstallASAction at: 2006/5/30 16:39:17, returned true

Running: InstallNSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:39:17

Installing: ns on target: 586III800205

******* Got commit request from MSI *******

Complete: InstallNSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:40:33, returned true

Error: Action "InstallRSAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "InstallRSAction" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "The SQL Server instance that hosts rs is installed." returned false. Condition context:

rs will be failed due to the hosting instance of SQL Server failing to install.

Installation of package: "rs" failed due to a precondition.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: RepairForBackwardsCompatRedistAction

Skipped: Action "RepairForBackwardsCompatRedistAction" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

Action: "RepairForBackwardsCompatRedistAction" will be skipped due to the following condition:

Condition "sql was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

sql failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Error: Action "UninstallForMSDE2000Action" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "UninstallForMSDE2000Action" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "sql was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

sql failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Installation of package: "patchMSDE2000" failed due to a precondition.

Error: Action "UninstallForSQLAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "UninstallForSQLAction" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "sql was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

sql failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Installation of package: "patchLibertySql" failed due to a precondition.

Error: Action "UninstallForRS2000Action" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "UninstallForRS2000Action" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "rs was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

rs failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Installation of package: "patchRS2000" failed due to a precondition.

Running: ReportChainingResults at: 2006/5/30 16:40:34

Error: Action "ReportChainingResults" threw an exception during execution.

One or more packages failed to install. Refer to logs for error details. : 28086

Error Code: 0x80076db6 (28086)

Windows Error Text: Source File Name: sqlchaining\sqlchainingactions.cpp

Compiler Timestamp: Thu Sep 1 22:23:05 2005

Function Name: sqls::ReportChainingResults::perform

Source Line Number: 3097

- Context --

sqls::HostSetupPackageInstallerSynch::preInstall

Marking package: "patchRS2000" as failed due to cancel code received from cancel source: 29539

sqls

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework 2.0.log" to cab file : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab" Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework 2.0 LangPack.log" to cab file : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft

SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab" Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Upgrade Advisor.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Upgrade Advisor LangPack.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Windows Installer.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Windows Installer LangPack.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Delay load of action "UploadDrWatsonLogAction" returned nothing. No action will occur as a result.

Message pump returning: 28086

These messages do not tell me much. I would appreciate help in intrepreting them.

|||The minimum hardware requirements should only pop a warning, not a failure, so it may be something else. The best way to navigate the logs is to search for the text string "value 3", which is the internal logging code for displaying the errors. If you can find the log containing that string and post the +/- 10 lines on each side, we can probably get a better idea of what's going on.

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)|||

I found it (4) times in file SQLSetup0001_586III800205_SCC.log:

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: OSProductSuite

Property type: 2

Value: 2

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: SuiteMask

Property type: 2

Value: 3

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: Version

Property type: 2

Value: 4

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: OSType

Property type: 2

:

:

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib

Value name: Last Counter

Registry type: 4

Value: 2

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib

Value name: Last Help

Registry type: 4

Value: 3

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009

Value name: Counter

Registry type: 4

Value: 4

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009

Value name: Help

Registry type: 4

:

:

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{3BDB182E-8371-46BD-AC39-C14A91D5EEF8}

Value name: DisplayName

Registry type: 4

Value: 2

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Setup

Value name: SqlProgramDir

Registry type: 4

Value: 3

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Setup

Value name: SQLPath

Registry type: 4

Value: 4

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Setup

Value name: SQLBinRoot

Registry type: 4

Value: 5

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

:

:

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2373A92B-1C1C-4E71-B494-5CA97F96AA19}

Value name: DisplayName

Registry type: 4

Value: 2

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup

Value name: SqlProgramDir

Registry type: 4

Value: 3

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup

Value name: SQLPath

Registry type: 4

Value: 4

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup

Value name: SQLBinRoot

Registry type: 4

Value: 5

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_REGISTRY

DefKey: 0x80000002

Subkey name: Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup

Thank you. I hope this helps.

Cannot Install SQL Server 2005 after running Uninstall

After going through "Add and Remove Programs" and removing all components of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on my desktop I get an error telling me there is a copy already installed and to remove it before continuing. Well nothing shows up under "Add and Remove Programs"; Windows cleanup shows none of the SQL Server components; a check of the register (HOTKEYS.../unistall) have no SQL Server entries; under services all SQL Server services are disabled and not running.

I have followed all the steps in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967 (Describes how to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 manually).

Anyone out there got a solution? (Visual Studio 2005 eval is loaded on the box)

Hi,

You this utility to uninstall clearly. Microsoft cleanup Utility. Download this, install and clean up SQL.|||

I had already ran this prgram plus many others. I am now able to install after I removed the Microsoft Sql Server directory under "Programs".

|||

Or you can try to manually uninstall SQL Server 2005 later. Detail steps please refer to "How to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 manually http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967".

Cannot Install SQL Server 2005 after running Uninstall

After going through "Add and Remove Programs" and removing all components of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on my desktop I get an error telling me there is a copy already installed and to remove it before continuing. Well nothing shows up under "Add and Remove Programs"; Windows cleanup shows none of the SQL Server components; a check of the register (HOTKEYS.../unistall) have no SQL Server entries; under services all SQL Server services are disabled and not running.

I have followed all the steps in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967 (Describes how to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 manually).

Anyone out there got a solution? (Visual Studio 2005 eval is loaded on the box)

Hi,

You this utility to uninstall clearly. Microsoft cleanup Utility. Download this, install and clean up SQL.|||

I had already ran this prgram plus many others. I am now able to install after I removed the Microsoft Sql Server directory under "Programs".

|||

Or you can try to manually uninstall SQL Server 2005 later. Detail steps please refer to "How to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 manually http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967".

Cannot install or uninstall

We have a 2003 server with SQL Server 2005.
Our instance in SRS was playing up basically so I uninstalled it.
When I now try to reinstall via the original CD it still thinks the product
is installed. If I try to uninstall it tells me no features have changed
and exits.
When I try to reinstall or uninstall via control panel and changing the
items installed and that gives me an error of "Could not find a package to
install on the installation media".
Any help would be appreciated.
ChubblyI have now completely removed the instance of SQL Server, run a registry
cleaner to remove any erroneous entries and then tried to reinstall SQL
Server. It still thinks however that Reporting Services are already there.
I continued with the installation which threw up numerous other errors,
installed the SQL 2005 patch from Microsoft update and then tried to change
the installed components of SQL Server. To no avail. I still receive
"Could not find a package to install on the installation media".
If I try to manually run the SqlRun_RS.msi file I get the following error:
"An instance with the same name is already installed on this computer. To
proceed with SQL Server Setup, provide a unique instance name."
I'm stumped and don't particularly want to have to rebuild the whole server.
Chubbly
"Chubbly Geezer" <chubbly_geezer@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:eyJQY9wPHHA.4484@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> We have a 2003 server with SQL Server 2005.
> Our instance in SRS was playing up basically so I uninstalled it.
> When I now try to reinstall via the original CD it still thinks the
> product is installed. If I try to uninstall it tells me no features have
> changed and exits.
> When I try to reinstall or uninstall via control panel and changing the
> items installed and that gives me an error of "Could not find a package to
> install on the installation media".
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Chubbly
>
>

Cannot get rid of SQL server 2005 Developer Edition Installation

I cannot uninstall the SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition. I have run the uninstall from the control panel for ALL of the SQL Server 2005 components. They are no longer listed in the installed programs list. I have done the uninstall with both the Control panel and the command line.

When I try to install SQL server Express (Downloaded from the web last night) It will not install. The error message is: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP Setup
-

There was an unexpected failure during the setup wizard. You may review the setup logs and/or click the help button for more information.

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&ProdVer=9.00.1116&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&EvtType=setup%5Csqlsetupactions.cpp@.ActivateLoggingAction@.sqls::ActivateLoggingAction::perform@.0x80070643

-
BUTTONS:

OK
-
When navigating to the web site via the help button the message that is displayed is:

Details ID: 50000 Source: setup.rll We're sorry There is no additional information about this issue in the Error and Event Log Messages or Knowledge Base databases at this time. You can use the links in the Support area to determine whether any additional information might be available elsewhere.

I've been trying to get rid of this installation for almost a month now, so that I can install the SQL 2005 Express edition for use with web security. I've done everything except wipe the machine and reinstall the operating system.

Can someone tell me how to uninstall the thing via the registry or something?

Hi,
There's a cleanup tool that's available. Try this, maybe it could help...
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=47065
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag|||Sorry, that didn't work. The title of the cleanup was VS 2005 beta 1 cleanup, not MS SQL Server 2005 cleanup. It did do some cleanup, but no help for me.|||

Hi,

could you post the setup log file located at %programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

cheers,

Paul June A. Domag

|||I have same problem. I can't get rid of SQL 2005 June CTP. Which file are you asking to post? There are many files in that folder.|||

Hi,

Im looking for a log file. Usually its in the LOG folder. It is also in txt format. It stores the information during a setup...

cheers,

Paul June A. Domag

|||Which log file? There are many log files in that folder. Can you give us the name of the one you want?|||

Hi,

My installation has a summary.txt file. I think that would be helpful. But If you want to be more specific I suggest looking in each log file and see where the error occurs and post the log file here...

cheers,

Paul June A. Domag