Now, can you see an item named Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on the list of
Add\Remove Programs?
I know, you said that "nothing left" but I want to be sure that you actually
uninstalled the instance itself. Because when you go to Add\Remove Programs
and when you click the Uninstall button a window appears. If you do not
choose an instance name to be removed and if you choose only the shared
components then those shared components will be removed but not the instance
itself.
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Ekrem Önsoy
"Pure Heart"
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news:1E519E65-D3F1-40B4-B800-326FBBE20875@microsoft.com...> Hi
>
> and thanks for the replay, but when i installed the new instance of sql
> 2008
> express
> i named it DevSQLexpress so its not same name plus i can see both in the
> services
> window sqlexpress and devsqlexpress ???
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> Ammar S. Mitoori
> IT Head QIMCO Co.
> Tel : +9744831199
> Mobile : +9745378400
> Fax : +9744831643
>
>
> "Ekrem Önsoy" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
