Re: HELP: Uninstalling IDS on an NT machine

eddie roberts wrote: > > I'm currently running IDS-Workgroup version 7.30.TC3 on a Windows NT > server and I'm about to upgrade to version 7.30.TC5. I plan to do > a complete re-install... install both the server & client tools. > > For most software packages, I would normally just run the uninstall program > and then begin the new installation process, **BUT** I recently completed > an IDS NT admin course and the teacher said the Informix uninstall process > (on NT) is a little bit touchy. > > The instructor said you should complete the following steps when > uninstalling Informix From Windows NT. > > 1. Run Unistall Server > 2. Remove the following key names from the from the > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\ > hive: > - agentLoader30-ol_dbname > - nsrd > - nsrexecd > - MsgServ > - ol_* > - portmap > 3. Remove all entries in c:\\temp & c:\\tmp > 4. Remove the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Informix registry > entry. > 5. Remove the C:\\Informix directory > 6. Remove C:\\ISM directory > > Any opinions and/or suggestions with this? > > Also, since I'm going to do a complete re-install (ie. install the > server & client tools) should I also run "unistall" (not to be confused > with "unistall server") from the options provided in the Informix start > up menu ... I assume this is used to remove the client tools. > > Are there any other folders, keys, etc. I should be concerened > about. > > Thanks in advance, > Eddie Roberts Hi, ... seems as if your instructor has a lot of experiences with IDS on NT. Far as I know the steps are correct and you must do the uninstall for the clients as well. Bye Stefan Weideneder