good luck with it, and be ready to reinstall windows if it all goes to heck.
joe JoJo Al-Zawawi wrote: > Thanks a lot, Joe. Since I backed up my registry before I installed Oracle, > I can probably just import the backed-up registry and save myself some time. > We'll see how it goes! > > Cheers, > JoJo > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:45 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > here you go, save it, i'm sure you'll need it in the future, i dont do > oracle database on windoze but support the clients. > > > ---cut here----------- > > Introduction > ------------ > > Removing or deinstalling Oracle software from an 95/98/NT operating system > requires several steps to completely creating a 'clean' machine. This > document explains what must be done to remove all Oracle software from the > system. > > > Warning > ------- > > 1) Backup > > Be careful, because these steps remove all Oracle software, Oracle > services, > and Oracle registry entries from the system. So it is advisable > that you > first perform a backup, if required, of certain files like: > > SQL*Nnet configuration files > Database files > Self-written scripts > > that are stored under the oracle home directory, etc. > > 2) The following procedures require the editing of Windows registry, > which is > a > potentially dangerous operation. There is no undo option in the > Registry > Editor. > > Content > ------- > > A. 32-bit on Windows NT > B. 32-bit on Win95/Win98 > C. 16-bit > > A. 32-bit on Windows NT > ----------------------- > 1. Ensure that you are logged in as a user with Administrator > privileges. > > 2. Stop all Oracle-related services and all Oracle programs. > > 3. Remove the database services via the oradim command. This can be > done via ORADIMXX -DELETE -SID <SID> or via the 'SC' tool of the > resource kit. > > For a full explanation on using the ORADIM command, see > <<NOTE:61621.1>& > gt;. > > As from 8.1.6, the method for deinstalling is to first run Net8CA > in Deinstall mode, then run DBCA to delete a database, then run OUI > to deinstall the products. At this point, all services should be > removed. > > 4. Start the ODBC administrator applet, if installed, and remove any > Oracle DSN definitions. > > 5. Remove the Oracle software via the Oracle installer or the > Universal Installer (8.1.5 and onwards). Make sure that all > services related to Oracle are stopped first. > Note that you cannot remove the installer itself. > > If Legato Storage Manager is installed on the system, then remove > it via > the uninstaller executable that is shipped with Legato. > Start->Programs->Networker->Uninstall Networker > > Caution: If Legato Storage Manager was installed independently of > Oracle, DO NOT REMOVE LSM, because your system's backup > environment may be adversely affected. > > 6. Start the Event Viewer, Log->Application, and clean up the > application logs for Oracle. > > 7. Start the registry editor. This can be done via regedit or > regedt32. > > a) If the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) was used, go to > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle and write down the value of > the INST_LOC variable. This shows you where the OUI > software is installed. This can then be used to remove the OUI > from the machine afterwards. > > b) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and remove the ORACLE key, > look into the ODBC key for any 'leftovers' of Oracle. If they > exist, then remove them as well. > > c) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and > verify that all services that start with 'Oracle' are removed. > If this is not the case, then remove the services starting with > 'Oracle' (database related) and the ones that start with > 'OraWeb' (Oracle Application Server related). > No entries will not be removed from the services dialog box > until you reboot. > > d) Go to > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\ > Application and look for keys that start with 'Oracle'. > Normally, they should have been removed in Step 5. > > e) Go to > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion > \Uninsta. > ll > and remove all entries related to Oracle > > Typical entries to found there are: > Oracle JInitiator 1.1.x.x > > f) Close the registry editor. > > 8. Remove any Oracle related .INI files that may exist in the Windows > NT Boot directory. The Windows NT boot directory may be found by > entering "SET WINDIR" from a command prompt. > > Typical Oracle .INI files include ORADIM73.INI, ORADIM80.INI, > ORACLE.INI, ORAODBC.INI > > 9. Go to Start->Settings->control Panel->System->Environment. > * Select in the 'System Variables' window the PATH variable and > remove the %ORACLE_HOME%\BIN directory. If JRE was installed by > Oracle, then remove the JRE path as well. > (For example: ...;C:\Orant\Bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1. > 1.7\bin;...) > * Check the �User Variables for user xxx� section also for Oracle > entries to remove. > * Check as well the �System Variables� as �User Variables for user > xxx� windows for Oracle variable to remove: typical entries could > be: ORACLE_SID, TNS_ADMIN, � > > 10. Remove any icons and references from the start menu. They are > listed into the C:\Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs > directory. > Normally, they should be removed by the Oracle Installer in Step 4. > > 11. Remove the %ORACLE_HOME% directory from the machine, either by > using the Windows NT Explorer or from the command prompt. > > 12. If the Oracle products were installed via the Oracle Universal > Installer, then remove this also from the system. By default, it is > installed under the Oracle directory in C:\Program Files, although > you could have specified an alternative directory when > you installed the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). In that case, > look at the INST_LOC parameter you have noted down in Step 6a. > > 13. Reboot your computer. > > > B. 32-bit on Win95/Win98 > ------------------------ > > 1. Stop all Oracle programs. > > 2. Start the ODBC administrator applet, if installed, and remove any > Oracle DSN definitions. > > 3. Remove the Oracle software via the Oracle installer or the > Universal Installer (8.1.5 and onwards). Note that you cannot remove > the installer itself. > If Legato Storage Manager is installed on the system, then remove > it via > the uninstaller executable that is shipped with Legato. > Start->Programs->Networker->Uninstall Networker > > Caution: If Legato Storage Manager was installed independently of > Oracle, then DO NOT REMOVE LSM, because your system's backup > environment may be adversely affected. > > 4. Start the registry editor. This can be done via regedit or > regedt32. > > a) If the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) was used, go to > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle and write down the value of > the INST_LOC variable. This is showing you where the OUI > software is installed. This can then be used to remove the OUI > from the machine afterwards. > > b) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and remove the ORACLE key, > look into the ODBC key for any 'leftovers' of Oracle, if they > exist remove them as well. > > c) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ > CurrentVersion\Uninstall and remove all entries related to > Oracle. > > 5. Close the registry editor. > > 6. Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and remove the %ORACLE_HOME%\bin and > JRE paths from the PATH. > (For example: ...;C:\Orant\Bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1. > 7\bin;...) > Check if any Oracle variables are set in the AUTOEXEC.BAT. If > there are, > then remove them. > > 7. Remove any icons and references from the Start menu. They are > listed in the C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs directory via W. > indows > Explorer. These are not always removed by the Oracle installer in > Step 2. > > 8. Remove the %ORACLE_HOME% directory from the machine, either by > using the Windows Explorer or from the command prompt. > > 9. If the Oracle products were installed via the Oracle Universal > Installer, remove this also from the system. By default, it is > installed under the Oracle directory in C:\Program Files, although > you could have specified an alternative directory when > you installed the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). In that case, > look at the INST_LOC parameter you have noted down in Step 3a. > > 10. Remove any Oracle-related .INI files that may exist in the Windows > directory. The Windows may be found by entering "echo %WINDIR%" > from a command prompt. > > Typical Oracle .INI files include ORADIM73.INI, ORADIM80.INI, > ORACLE.INI, ORAODBC.INI > > 11. Reboot you computer. > > > C. 16-bit > --------- > > The default Oracle Home for Windows 3.X is orawin. > > 1. If the database is running, then shut it down. > > 2. Deinstall all Oracle products with the Oracle Installer. > > a) Run orainst.exe from your Oracle Home. The Oracle Software > Asset Manager window is displayed. > > b) Select all of the Oracle products that are listed in the > right window pane. > > c) Click the [REMOVE] button. > > 3. Delete your ORACLE_HOME directory. > > 4. Use your favorite text editor and edit win.ini. > > a) Locate the ora_config parameter. > Remove the file that ora_config points to. > > b) Delete all references to Oracle from the win.ini file. > Reference: > ---------- > > Cleanly Uninstalling Oracle8i RDBMS Software from > Unix. > > > > ---------------- cut here-------------- > > > > JoJo Al-Zawawi wrote: > > >>Hi Joe, >> >>Please mail me the "metalstink" thing -- I've never heard of it. I agree >>that it sounds like I need to do a brutal erase. >> >>Bwaaaaa !!! >> >>Thanks in advance! >>--JoJo >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:45 PM >>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >> >> >>sounds like you need to do the brutal erase of all oracle products from >>a windoze machine. THere is a document on metalstink about how to >>remove oracle entirely from a windoze machine, if you dont have >>metalstink access let me know, i'll email it to you direct. >> >>joe >> >> >>JoJo Al-Zawawi wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I just tried to install Oracle 9i personal edition for Win98 on my Win98 >>> >>> >>PC. >> >> >>>After quite a bit of installation, it got to a part where it was creating >>>some database or something, and I got an error: "The program encountered >>> >>> >>an >> >> >>>invalid page exception. Fault location: 0028:0022 Interrupts in service: >>>None" And it advised me to reboot, which I did. >>> >>>Now I cannot get the installation program to re-start, no matter what I >>> >>> >>do, >> >>>from the CD-ROM, from the computer, from running various programs on the >> >>>CD-ROM, what have you. I can't un-install it because (a) it doesn't show >>> >>> >>up >> >> >>>on Windows' uninstall list and (b) the Oracle installer won't run. >>> >>>It starts to run (a brief flash of the "installer" graphic), then the >>> >>> >>CD-ROM >> >> >>>quits and nothing happens. >>> >>>Any ideas? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>JoJo >>> >>> > > -- Joe Testa, Oracle DBA Want to have a good time with a bunch of geeks? 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