hi
no nothing is there in control panel, i remember i removed even the instance
but maybe im not sure, but i remember when i installed sql 2008 and named the
instance sqlexpress i got an error, so if the instance is left and running
how can we check and how can it be removed ?
thank you
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"Ekrem Önsoy" wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Ekrem Önsoy
>
>
>
> "Pure Heart"
msdn.com> wrote in message
> 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 ???
>> --
>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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