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More info?)
"=?Utf-8?B?bmFjaA==?=" <nach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:8FBCB440-8DFD-4132-8F80-88A9291185A4@microsoft.com:
> THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWER
> Your link some how does not seem to work. Wondering if you have
> another
> link to clean up the registry for entries that no longer are usefull
> ???
> Thanks
>
>
> "nospam.please@ualberta.ca" wrote:
>
>> "=?Utf-8?B?bmFjaA==?=" <nach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:53CCB91B-2163-4CC4-B186-93878D8695C7@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > I removed Oracle from my PC But when I go to services I see the
>> > service Disabled.
>> > How do I remove it completely ???
>> > There must be some file that it pickes it up from.
>> >
>> > I had two instances but removed only one and this service still
>> > shows up.
>> >
>>
>> Entries for services are in the registry under
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
>> and
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root
>>
>> Manually removing it from here is probably not a good idea unless you
>> know what you are doing (permissions on the Enum\Root part are
>> normally set to not allow you to write/delete there, for good
>> reason). If the service is set to disabled, and does not start, it
>> shouldn't hurt to just leave it there, except for tidyness. If you
>> have deleted the actual executable that runs the service, it won't go
>> anyway.
>>
>> There are some programs that can be used to remove (and add)
>> services, such as SC from the NT Resource Kit, or SERVICE from
>>
http://www.loa.espci.fr/winnt.html (seems to be down right now).
>>
>>
Didier Cassereau's Tools link does seem to be down - maybe the files are
mirrored elsewhere?
You can download part of the NT resource kit (includes SC) here:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/ntkit/default
..asp
They are listed as being for NT 4.0, but most still work in 2k/XP.
You can also download delsrv.exe from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/default.mspx
which allows you to delete services.
Some registry cleanup tools like ccleaner (www.ccleaner.com) might clean
up service entries that no longer point to valid executables, but I have
none of these to test it on.