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why don't you &nbsp;take a look at these solutions:<br />
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<a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/3490df94-eb0c-4229-8d0f-d6c56ae4379f/" rel="ugc nofollow">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/3490df94-eb0c-4229-8d0f-d6c56ae4379f/</a><br />

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why don't you  take a look at these solutions:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/3490df94-eb0c-4229-8d0f-d6c56ae4379f/ [http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/3490df94-eb0c-4229-8d0f-d6c56ae4379f/]


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Yes, I have seen that as well.<br />
But I'm not able to locate the GUID for the components to uninstall.
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Yes, I have seen that as well.
But I'm not able to locate the GUID for the components to uninstall.

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I have a Windows server 2008 R2 with SQL 2005 Express installed on it.<br />
Now I cannot uninstall the SQL 2005 Express.<br />
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I have tried the procedures in this guide:<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967</a><br />
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When I run the ARPWrapper.exe /remove, I'm able to select the instance I want to remove. But when I click &quot;next&quot;, it runs for a few sec, and then it drops out.<br />
It has not uninstalled the instance.<br />
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I look into the logfile under log/files, ANd I see an error saying<br />
&quot;&nbsp;Failed to determine installSkuId due to property load failure&quot;.<br />
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I've tried a few different guides, but they do ot fix the problem.<br />
I'm not able to find the GUID for any SQL instances og services in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi<wbr />ndows\Curr<wbr />entVersion<wbr />\Uninstall<wbr /><br />
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How can I get SQL-server completely uninstalled from my server?
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I have a Windows server 2008 R2 with SQL 2005 Express installed on it.
Now I cannot uninstall the SQL 2005 Express.

I have tried the procedures in this guide:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967

When I run the ARPWrapper.exe /remove, I'm able to select the instance I want to remove. But when I click "next", it runs for a few sec, and then it drops out.
It has not uninstalled the instance.

I look into the logfile under log/files, ANd I see an error saying
" Failed to determine installSkuId due to property load failure".

I've tried a few different guides, but they do ot fix the problem.
I'm not able to find the GUID for any SQL instances og services in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

How can I get SQL-server completely uninstalled from my server?

Problem uninstalling SQL 2005 Express

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.