Sims Document Server Reinstall Help

[woodham]

AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

Ok i feel better now.

 

Ive got an issue with a machine that we use as a stand alone sims system ( for training and playing around on)

 

During the last update the database got a bit messed up.

 

So i uninstalled sims + removed the database, tried to uninstall the document server and have hit a problem It will not uninstall. I've been in control pannel and is says that it cannot uninstall as a file is missing or corrupt.I have looked through the registery and cannot see anything that looks strange or is relating directlly to the document server

 

Ive managed to reinstall sims with a new db and restore the data to that but i cannot re install the document server as it thinks that the old one is still there and keeps asking me to uninstall it.

 

I really do not want to flatten the machine and reinstall it again from scratch but i will if i cant get this going again.

 

So im stuck

 

all help and advice welcomed

 

thanks

 

Andy

[Mcshammer_dj]

check that the service is not running and then try to re install

[woodham]

thanks for the advice but the service will not start and is not showing any dependencies

[rh91uk]

Is the service running on the local system account. Can it interact with the desktop?

[woodham]

woo hoo fixed it but not really sure how

 

I spent a long time in the registery hunting down all traces of the document server

then went into services and switched the service to manual start,then rebooted,

once the laptop had rebooted i disabled the service by disabling the profile as it was the only way to make sure it wasnt trying to start.

 

Then i deleted the old docserver folders from the c: drive and within programfiles sims.net

rebooted again

 

then reinstalled using simsint.exe and picked document store option

 

rebooted

 

reenabled service and set to automatic

 

Rebooted

 

and now it works

 

Next time im just going to reimage the laptop.

I'm soooo looking forward to doing the sql2008 conversion

 

 

Thanks for the help

 

Andy