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Question : Delete Reporting Services Instances
When installing Reporting Services, I get the error message below. This is after uninstalling the entire SQL server in order to correct a problem. How do I delete this instance? I want to make it as if SQL Server 2005 was never on this machine so I can do a fresh install.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup
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An instance with the same name is already installed on this computer. To proceed with SQL Server Setup, provide a unique instance name.
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fw
link?LinkI
D=20476&
Pr
odName=Mic
rosoft+SQL
+Server&Pr
odVer=9.00
.1399.06&
E
vtSrc=setu
p.rll&EvtI
D=28086&
Ev
tType=sqlc
a%5csqlcax
.cpp%40Det
ectInstanc
eClash%40V
alidateIns
tanceName%
40x6db6
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BUTTONS:
OK
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Answer : Delete Reporting Services Instances
Start with Microsoft's supported method for manually removing a SQL instance, see if it covers any area that for some reason did not get cleaned properly...
http://support.microsoft.c
om/?kbid=9
09967
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