Re: How to uninstall adminpak.msi after SP1 install?

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 01/31/03


From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:44:41 +0100


ltek wrote:

> Anyone figure out how to uninstall the older Server 2003 (.NET) adminpak.msi
> ???
> I get the service pack version error... how do they expect us to install the
> latest RC version
> if we cannot uninstall the old version... like they require!?!

Hi

You need to uninstall SP1 to get the beta version off the computer, or edit the
cached msi file with ORCA.exe from the Windows Installer SDK or similar.

More about the last method here:

Subject: RC2 Adminpak catch-22
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9bc43d65ce336d5a

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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and a ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter


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