If "half of the SQL Server file is gone.", then I think you need to manually remove the sql server 2005 files. Try the steps indicated in these links:
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/faq/How_to_Manually_Uninstall_SQL_Server_2005_p1.aspx or http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967 Regards, Benj On Jan 24, 3:58 pm, DAT DUDE <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > I recently installed Visual Studio 2008 on my netbook (major > mistake). It was pretty much too huge to handle on this atom > processor so I uninstalled it. It unistalled most of it but still the > SQL Server 2005 is on here. I've been trying to uninstall it but > every time I make an attempt, it tells me that I am not the admin to > the computer and that I do not have permission to do this. I am > logged in as the ADMIN and have tried multiple ways to take it off but > it just wont uninstall. Now the update installer has recognized that > I have the SQL Server 2005 on the laptop and keeps installing updates > that it can not install because half of the SQL Server file is gone. > > Can someone please help me get this off my computer! > > Thanks in advanced
