Re: Uninstalling Express Workstation tools and Installing Regular tool



Check if this helps:

909967 - How to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 manually
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909967

290301 - Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?R2Vub0pvZQ==?= <GenoJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
on 17 aug 2007:

My computer had Express SQL and tools installed. I want to keep
SQL Express but install the 2005 regular Work Station tools. I
have tried every combination I could think of but nothing works.
To start I went into Control Panel and removed everything with
SQL Server and MSDN in the title. I then rebooted. From this
base I tried every combination of installation sequences I could
think of. Nothing gets me to a successful installation.

I always end up with somthing that says "The following
components that you chose to install are already installed on
the machine." A couple of other messages that I see are:

Build version check:
Your upgrade is blocked because the existing component is a
later version than the version you are trying to upgrade.....
or
Name: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools
Reason: Your upgrade is blocked. For more information about
upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades"

Can someone give me a sequence of steps that will work?
.



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