SQL 2008 Express Issue

Question

Ok so I'm trying to do a reinstall of 2008.  I'm having some pretty serious issues though.  I constantly get the Restart required failure at the Rules step.  If I try to uninstall in Safe mode, I get error messages during the uninstall.

Also I know this isn't the place for it but I get a Critical error message when I try uninstall MSXML 6.

Answer 1

Hi,

Take a look the following thread:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqldatabaseengine/thread/7e148a34-a7ae-49cc-b6c5-58520bdf2a83/

BR,

JoukoK

Answer 2

Hi Josh,

Thank you for your post!


To uninstall MSXML 6, I suggest you use Window Installer CleanUp Utility, see here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301


If you have any problem about setup/upgrade of SQL Server, you can post your issue in this forum. I'm willing to help you on that.

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

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Answer 3

Well I looked around and I think my windows install had gone bad so to speak.  I was having issues uninstalling several programs, if I tried in Safe Mode it would go through and complete but nothing would actually be done(all files would still be there as well as start menu items).  I went ahead and did a fresh install of windows.

Answer 4

Well I looked around and I think my windows install had gone bad so to speak.  I was having issues uninstalling several programs, if I tried in Safe Mode it would go through and complete but nothing would actually be done(all files would still be there as well as start menu items).  I went ahead and did a fresh install of windows.

Hi,

After reinstalled Windows, if you have any problem on installing of SQL Server, you can post your issue in this forum, I am willing to help you on that.

Hope this helps! If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

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Microsoft Online Community Support

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Answer 5

Actually it installed perfectly and I'm having no more issues.