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Last post 07-02-2009 12:12 AM by jbush24. 4 replies.

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  • 07-01-2009, 9:34 PM

    • jbush24
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    Uninstall WebPI

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    Is there a way to uninstall the WebPI... so as to start over?  I'm not sure why I can't find the Visual Studio application.  I only saw a SQL Server Express 2008 with SP1 failed to install message, that's it.

  • 07-01-2009, 11:09 PM In reply to

    • richma
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    Re: Uninstall WebPI

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    Hi Jbush24,

    If there is  a failure with a particular installation package there is no need to remove WebPi to start over again.  What webpi does is advertises the various programs you can choose to install and then chains the installations of these programs. If you do still want to remove it you can do so from Add Remove Programs in Control Panel. This however does not remove programs you installed as they would be installed individually.

    So in your case if its the SQL Server Express  installation that failed you can  look here for information on the installation logs as to why this failed.

    How to: View SQL Server Setup Log Files
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143702.aspx

     Troubleshooting an Installation of SQL Server
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143698.aspx

     Please feel  free to post back with any questions with the logs  or would like us to review the logs please zip up the logs from the following location and send to webpi@microsoft.com .

    <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\.

    As to why you dont see Visual Studio, this has  a dependency on the SQL installation so if that failed then the Visual Studio Installation would not complete.

     I hope that helps

     Richard

  • 07-01-2009, 11:41 PM In reply to

    • jbush24
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    Re: Uninstall WebPI

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    Ok... I can fire up SQL Server Management Studio, so my next question is how to configure it (connect)...Is the Server Type "Database Engine" or "SQL Server Compact Edition"?

    Then, what do I point the Server Name to?  After I figure out that, I can select a default database or create one.

    Thanks, jb24.

  • 07-01-2009, 11:52 PM In reply to

    • jbush24
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    After further review, I see the log says: SQL Server installation failed.The specified sa password does not meet strong password requirements. For more information about strong password requirements, see "Database Engine Configuration - Account Provisioning" in Setup Help or in SQL Server 2008 Books Online.

    I chose mixed mode Authentication instead of Windows Integrated Auth....do I need to uninstall & reinstall to fix?

  • 07-02-2009, 12:12 AM In reply to

    • jbush24
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    I got it...the Server name is: (local)\sqlexpress
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