RE: OffTopic:Sybase ASE : Regedit entry removal

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:33:58 +0000
Message-Id: <s04c3e1e.004@bristol21.bristol.ac>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BranimirP_at_cpas.com
> Sent: 06 March 2004 03:37
> To: BranimirP_at_cpas.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: RE: OffTopic:Sybase ASE : Regedit entry removal
>
>
> To my great embarrassment I have to confess of never seeing/dealing
> with WinDOHs service I could not 'slaughter' by aiming/hitting it at
> its knees first and I've been dealing with this crap more than I'd
> want to remember. Live a day, learn new thing I guess...
>
> Branimir
>
> By the way, software that does this to you - mess up with registry
> permissions, does not de-install clean, etc. is definitely the
> evil one and as such does not deserve to be tried again. Ever.
> At this point you are most likely looking at prospect of full,
> fresh, from-scratch install to shake it off. Been there, done this
> too many times... My sympathies.

Careful what you say as Oracle also does not (or has not in the past) removed itself cleanly from Windows machines - though in this case the solution is never to uninstall it :(

Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission
+44 117 975 7805

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