Re: Oracle 8.0.6 on Windows 2003

"Paul Drake" <bdbafh_at_gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:910046b4.0409121021.2f9be1d5_at_posting.google.com...
> "Michel Cadot" <micadot{at}altern{dot}org> wrote in message
news:<41442e1a$0$30115$626a14ce_at_news.free.fr>...
> > "Karen Middleton" <karenmiddleol_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
> > news:a5fd468a.0409120222.26000cc_at_posting.google.com...
> > > I need to install Oracle 806 on Windows 2003 for a legacy application
> > > that works only with Oracle 806 it is not certified for Oracle 816 or
> > > Oracle 9x or Oracle 10g.
> > >
> > > Can any of you please confirm whether Oracle 806 runs on Windows 2003.
> > > I managed to install Oracle 806 on Windows 2003 and it as been
> > > behaving miserably I cannot start some of the utilities like the TNS
> > > utilities I managed to uninstall most of it from Ora installer but not
> > > all of it before uninstalling I tried using Oradim80 to delete the
> > > Oracle instance created it just did not work.
> > >
> > > Please clarify where I am going wrong.
> > >
> > > Also, how do I clean up a messed Oracle install. The ora installer as
> > > removed some components and refuses to remain the remaining quite a
> > > few TNS listener and Oracle instance Windows Services is still
> > > remaining lingering. Is there any other tool apart from the
> > > Orainstaller that can cleanup an messed Oracle install. Is there a
> > > cleanup tool to forcefully cleanly remove an Oracle install.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Karen
> >
> > Neihter 8.0 nor 8i are certified on W2003.
> > Only 9iR2 (9.2) and 10g are certified.
> >
> > To clean (almost) all Oracle components (after trying with OUI) use Del key in Windows explorer
> > and Regedit (HKLM\Software\Oracle, HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services).
>
> I would strongly recommend NOT removing the key
>
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services
>
> I believe that the poster meant removal of individual services.

I meant Oracle services under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services, I can't imagine someone is enough insane to delete all services! I should have been more precise, thanks for the clarification.

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Regards
Michel Cadot