wsus uninstall help

[markus97]

Hey guys,

I need some help here. I was playing around with WSUS and made a few mistakes. I have to unistall and reinstall everything.

I unistalled WSUS and the setup finished. I didn't look closely though but I assumed it was successful b/c it was gone from add/remove programs. I then removed the internal database and net framework b/c I wanted to do a fresh install of everything.

I then realized that WSUS was not successfully removed. When I tried to remove it from the setup.exe file in progam files/..., I get the following error:

Setup not completed

The windows server update service 3.0 was not removed successfully because an error occured.

Does anyone have any idea on how I can remove this?


Thanks

 

[markdmac]

Stop the services first. Delete the files and delete any registry keys.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[markus97]

Thanks for the response.

I was thinking about the same thing but I was a bit nervous on deleting the registry keys. Would it be fine to deleted all keys with "wsus" in them?

 

[markdmac]

Backup your registry first, then yes it should be safe. Especially if you plan on reinstalling.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[markus97]

Thanks

I removed about 90% of the keys. Some, I was unable to remove, the system gave me an error. I also removed all of the files on the system.

When I run the installer, It still prompts me to remove wsus! I have no idea why, any ideas?

 

[tookawhile]

Any help?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

 

[markdmac]

Did you remove the Uninstall keys in the registry?

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[markus97]

Yes I did Mark

I ran the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility and it did the trick.

Thanks so much!!