Removing SQLServer 2005 Express Registry Keys

MS update cannot install a Service Pack to SQL Server 2005 Express because a
component of an earlier version (a CTP, the Reporting Services component)
cannot be uninstalled. Can anyone tell me which set of registry keys I
should delete after removing SQL Server 2005 in order to reinstall on a
clean sustem?
Many thanks.Hi Andrew
"Andrew Chalk" wrote:
> MS update cannot install a Service Pack to SQL Server 2005 Express because a
> component of an earlier version (a CTP, the Reporting Services component)
> cannot be uninstalled. Can anyone tell me which set of registry keys I
> should delete after removing SQL Server 2005 in order to reinstall on a
> clean sustem?
> Many thanks.
Do these help?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143505.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967/
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/09/13/465401.aspx
John|||Thanks.This http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/09/13/465401.aspx
had the brute force method that did it.
- A
"John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EC308ED0-5BEE-486D-9D66-573845FC5360@.microsoft.com...
> Hi Andrew
> "Andrew Chalk" wrote:
>> MS update cannot install a Service Pack to SQL Server 2005 Express
>> because a
>> component of an earlier version (a CTP, the Reporting Services component)
>> cannot be uninstalled. Can anyone tell me which set of registry keys I
>> should delete after removing SQL Server 2005 in order to reinstall on a
>> clean sustem?
>> Many thanks.
> Do these help?
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143505.aspx
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967/
> http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/09/13/465401.aspx
> John
>