Re: Removing 8.0.3

Correct, the info is available on the metalink site (there's no longer a concept of 'metals licensing', but you may not know that until you get a fresh support contract) - oradim will nuke the service from an oracle perspective - in some cases you'll need to delete it from the NT services pane afterwards.

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> You still seem to have the non-Y2k compliant installer.
> This problem has been posted and answered here numerous times, and Oracle in
> the meantime, after more than 8 months of availability seems to have deleted
> it from the *free* download site. Most likely you will still be able to get
> it when you have a Metals License.
> Otherwise
> delete the services using the oradim utility (oradim -delete -service
> <servicename>)
> - delete hklm\software\oracle from the registry
> - delete c:\orant
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> "Mike Sangray" <msangray_at_glacierbank.com> wrote in message
> news:tu8A5.707$DU6.175402_at_news.uswest.net...
> > Greetings,
> > I am trying to remove the Oracle client from my NT workstation via
> > Orainst.exe, but everytime I try to remove one, some, or all installed
> > modules, I get a Dr. Watson error. Is this an Oracle problem, or is it
 more
> > likely my workstation? Is there another way to remove Oracle? I am
 trying
> > to remove it so I can install Oracle 8i.
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> >

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