> SQL Server Express Edition is installed using "SQLExpress" name and as a
> Named Instance.
>
> So, as you had already uninstalled your SQL Server 2005 Express Edition,
> your current SQLExpress intance must be your SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
> instance.
>
> Why don't you simply connect to it and use the following commands to verify
> its version:
> SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion')
>
> OR
>
> Go to SQL Server Configuration Manager and go to properties of your
> SQLExpress service (from the "SQL Server services" node) and go to Advanced
> tab. There, you'll find "Version" information. If it's 10.x then it's SQL
> Server 2008.
>
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> Ekrem Önsoy
>
>
>
>
> "Pure Heart" msdn.com> wrote in message
> news:2AAED8CE-AF51-4BA2-B4D5-50863F10D645@microsoft.com...

>>
>> hi
>>
>> i removed instance of sql express 2005 and nothing left in control panel
>> programs window, then i installed sql express 2008 , but when i went to
>> services i sow that a service with name sqlexpress is still running why
>> and
>> from where i ca clean it ?
>>
>> --
>> Ammar S. Mitoori
>> IT Head QIMCO Co.
>> Tel : +9744831199
>> Mobile : +9745378400
>> Fax : +9744831643

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