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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack (SP) Uninstall

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Starting in SQL Server 2008 SP1, uninstall will be supported.  When you install a Service Pack, an entry is added to Add or Remove Programs or Program and Features in Vista and above.  The uninstall wizard is launched through this entry.

 

Behaviors:

  • Files restored to previous version, for example:
    • You install SQL Server 2008 + CU1 + SP1, on SP1 uninstall the files will go back to CU1
    • You install SQL Server 2008 + SP1 + CU2 + SP2, on SP2 uninstall the files will go back CU2

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  • Anonymous
    February 27, 2009
    PingBack from http://www.anith.com/?p=14196

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2011
    Is it just me or does this 'instruction' not actually tell you how to do it?

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2011
    It's you, he states "an entry is added to Add or Remove Programs or Program and Features "

  • Anonymous
    November 30, 2013
    Nobody giving correct information about uninstallation of sql server 2008