microsoft.public.sqlserver.server - Uninstalling service w/out Installation software

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Uninstalling service w/out Installation software

2002-10-30, 10:23 am

I have a machine that used to have SQL Server and/or SQL
Server Analysis Services installed on it.

The folders containing the installed software were
accidentally deleted, however there are still some stray
services installed and running.

I get the following error message when the machine boots
up: "The specified service does not exist as an installed
service."

Is there any way to remedy this situation? Unfortunately,
there is no installed software, so there is no Uninstall
utility.

Please help, this happens upon every bootup, and in my use
of this machine, I have to boot the machine quite
frequently.

Thanks very much.

..

Tibor Karaszi

2002-10-31, 5:23 am

You can wipe the info from the registry, find the service in the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Curr
entControlSet\Services

Be very care full so you don't do a mistake and ruin the machine, do backup first etc.

I think that there is a KB on the topic as well...

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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
Archive at: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=...ublic.sqlserver

"SK" <sudzkhawaja@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a machine that used to have SQL Server and/or SQL
> Server Analysis Services installed on it.
>
> The folders containing the installed software were
> accidentally deleted, however there are still some stray
> services installed and running.
>
> I get the following error message when the machine boots
> up: "The specified service does not exist as an installed
> service."
>
> Is there any way to remedy this situation? Unfortunately,
> there is no installed software, so there is no Uninstall
> utility.
>
> Please help, this happens upon every bootup, and in my use
> of this machine, I have to boot the machine quite
> frequently.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> .
>
>

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