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Re: Nukeing Oracle 8.0.5 from NT Server

From: Ed Stevens <spamdump_at_nospam.noway.nohow>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 14:42:14 GMT
Message-ID: <3cda8abd.262460458@ausnews.austin.ibm.com>


On Thu, 09 May 2002 14:35:04 GMT, spamdump_at_nospam.noway.nohow (Ed Stevens) wrote:

>Platform: Oracle 8.0.5 on NT 4
>
>Trying to totall eradicate Oracle SE 8.0.5 from an NT server. Installer won't
>remove itself or the Required Support Files. Claims I have to stop all Oracle
>services, even though all Oracle services (as listed in the Services control
>panel) are stopped. OK, the Oracle installer can only do so much. Going on.
>
>Tried to delete the \Orant directory. Balks at several of the .DLLs, claiming
>they are in use. Remember, all Oracle services are started. OK, I'll go on to
>the registry. Deleted HKLM\Software\Oracle. Deleted all Oracle services from
>HKLM\system\CurrenControlSet. Searching through the registry for any other
>instances of "ora" Obviously a lot of false hits on things that simply had
>"ora" as part of a string of characters (like "EudORA") but I also get a lot of
>actual oracle references in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. Things like HCR\CLSID\{ a
>big hex value here }\ToolboxBitmap32; (default)=d:\orant\bin\oradc.ocx, 1.
>
>Anybody have any idea what these CLSID entries are, can I leave them alone
>before installing 8.1.7, should I remove them, if so how?
>
>TIA
>--
>Ed Stevens
>(Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.)

Correction: In the second paragraph, the sentence "Remember, all Oracle services are started. " should read "Remember, all Oracle services are stopped."

--
Ed Stevens
(Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.)
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 09:42:14 CDT

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