Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Sun Nov 20 20:11:56 CST 2011
Hehehe... I bet he has been called far worse than that ;) -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson Sent: Monday, 21 November 2011 12:42 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Autoremoval of SQL Server Express 2005 when uninstalling Business Contact Manager for Outlook STUART NOT STU.... APOLOGIES! On Nov 20, 2011 8:41 PM, "William Benson" <vbacreations at gmail.com> wrote: > You asked "was..." it is not something I had thought to check at the time. > I can check if it is still there but from the way you phrased the > question Stu I get sense it would be gone now and therefore not able to be verified? > If I can find BCM for O somewhere I might try installing it again to > check the removal process out more thoroughly. > > Thanks for the idea on this. > On Nov 20, 2011 4:35 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > wrote: > >> Was the only instance of SQL Server in " Services" named "MSSMLBIZ" ? >> >> If so, it was installed by Business Contact Manager as a named >> instance and correctly removed. >> >> >> -- >> Stuart >> >> On 20 Nov 2011 at 13:34, William Benson wrote: >> >> > A minor beef, I wonder if others have shared this experience. >> > >> > When uninstalling Outlook Business Contact Manager 2007, the >> > uninstaller also removed SQL Server 2005 Express. >> > >> > I have no way to know when that item had been installed, but it >> > looks to have been permanently removed by the uninstaller, sure enough. >> > >> > Any thoughts on why Microsoft would do that? I thought SQL Server >> Express >> > was a free Sql Server engine? >> > >> > I imagine there are places I can download it from again, but why >> > would Microsoft put me through this hassle I wonder, just because I >> > was taking some other softwars off my machine? >> > >> > I recognize that *maybe* had I selected Custom and made choices to >> > keep certain items and remove only certain items, I might have had >> > the >> option to >> > retain SQL Server 2005 Express, however my feeling on this is that >> there is >> > no way I would have no reason to presuppose (and didn't) I was >> > removing >> an >> > unrelated product during a removal of Business Contact Manager for >> Outlook. >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > AccessD mailing list >> > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com