Re: Nukeing Oracle 8.0.5 from NT Server

"Ed Stevens" <spamdump_at_nospam.noway.nohow> wrote in message news:3cda8abd.262460458_at_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.)

I nuked Oracle several times, and I never even explicitly knew of their existence.

Regards

--
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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