[dba-SQLServer] Nuke All Traces of SQL Server

When I installed the beta of SQL 2005, I had to reinstall the OS
to do this. since then, I run it in a VM.

At 12:00 PM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:24:18 -0500
>From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Nuke All Traces of SQL Server
>To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
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>A friend has a problem that I seem unable to solve. Using the install
>wizards, he has removed SQL 2000, MSDE, Express and SQL 2005, and then
>attempted to reinstall 2005. It doesn't work correctly. Something, perhaps
>in the registry, is going wrong.
>
>I want to tell him how to remove all evidence that any SQL-related product
>was ever installed on this box, so he can start afresh. It's simple enough
>to run the un-install and then nuke the directory, but there may be traces
>in the registry. Anyone know what they are and where to find them?
>
>A.