Re: Oracle 8.0.6 on Windows 2003

"Michel Cadot" <micadot{at}altern{dot}org> wrote in message news:<41442e1a$0$30115$626a14ce_at_news.free.fr>...
> "Karen Middleton" <karenmiddleol_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
> news:a5fd468a.0409120222.26000cc_at_posting.google.com...
> > I need to install Oracle 806 on Windows 2003 for a legacy application
> > that works only with Oracle 806 it is not certified for Oracle 816 or
> > Oracle 9x or Oracle 10g.
> >
> > Can any of you please confirm whether Oracle 806 runs on Windows 2003.
> > I managed to install Oracle 806 on Windows 2003 and it as been
> > behaving miserably I cannot start some of the utilities like the TNS
> > utilities I managed to uninstall most of it from Ora installer but not
> > all of it before uninstalling I tried using Oradim80 to delete the
> > Oracle instance created it just did not work.
> >
> > Please clarify where I am going wrong.
> >
> > Also, how do I clean up a messed Oracle install. The ora installer as
> > removed some components and refuses to remain the remaining quite a
> > few TNS listener and Oracle instance Windows Services is still
> > remaining lingering. Is there any other tool apart from the
> > Orainstaller that can cleanup an messed Oracle install. Is there a
> > cleanup tool to forcefully cleanly remove an Oracle install.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Karen
>
> Neihter 8.0 nor 8i are certified on W2003.
> Only 9iR2 (9.2) and 10g are certified.
>
> To clean (almost) all Oracle components (after trying with OUI) use Del key in Windows explorer
> and Regedit (HKLM\Software\Oracle, HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services).

I would strongly recommend NOT removing the key

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services

I believe that the poster meant removal of individual services.

Before making any changes via regedit please backup the registry.

-bdbafh Received on Sun Sep 12 2004 - 13:21:20 CDT