How to Uninstall WSUS 3.0 after you have (removed/fucked up) the database manually

Well if somehow your wsus 3.0 database becomes corrupt.
Due to an Database administrator removing the instance for example.

I tried to remove through the Add/Remove programs dialog but all I got back was.


Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11725
Date: 25-09-2007
Time: 11:17:18
User: Domain\Administrator
Computer: WSUSSERVER
Description:
Product: Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 -- Removal failed.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data:
0000: 7b 32 43 30 44 37 45 33 {2C0D7E3
0008: 35 2d 45 45 36 45 2d 34 5-EE6E-4
0010: 44 43 37 2d 42 41 31 33 DC7-BA13
0018: 2d 32 43 36 38 41 45 44 -2C68AED
0020: 45 42 35 39 44 7d EB59D}


And voila the program was removed from the ADD/Remove Programs dialog.
So I had nothing.

Inspecting the Wsus installation log at %temp%\wsus*.log
Reveals the following:

MSI (s) (8C:74) [11:17:38:402]: Product: Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 -- Removal failed.

There you have it, you have absolutely nothing to work on.

Then you will have to do the following to get your WSUS back.

First what I did was to completely remove the Database.
I had used the internal WSUS 3.0 database so to remove that I did the following.
Go to command prompt and there type in:

msiexec /x {CEB5780F-1A70-44A9-850F-DE6C4F6AA8FB} callerid=ocsetup.exe
I found this on the Microsoft Technet

Microsoft Technet

This starts the deinstallation of the Windows Internal Database.
So the first hurdle has been taken, the database is gone.

Now I wanted to start the installation of wsus again but this resulted in the same vague error messages I already stated above.

Now I had to remove the complete installation of WSUS 3.0 which is an msi app.
I remembered that there was an Windows Installer CleanUp Utility.

I downloaded it from Microsoft:
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

When I ran that utility on the machine it showed me alot of programs but also the crooked WSUS 3.0 I selected that one, and choose [Remove]
In the application log showed the following:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11707
Date: 25-09-2007
Time: 11:23:16
User: Domain\Administrator
Computer: WSUSSERVER
Description:
Product: Windows Installer Clean Up -- Installation operation completed successfully.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 31 32 31 36 33 34 42 {121634B
0008: 30 2d 32 46 34 42 2d 31 0-2F4B-1
0010: 31 44 33 2d 41 44 41 33 1D3-ADA3
0018: 2d 30 30 43 30 34 46 35 -00C04F5
0020: 32 44 44 35 32 7d 2DD52}


That is what I wanted to see.

After that I manually removed the installation folder of wsus which was in my case
D:\WSUS.

This enabled me to re-install wsus 3.0 and its now purring like a kitten.

Here is my clientdiag on the commandprompt on my machine.

C:\clientupdate>clientdiag

WSUS Client Diagnostics Tool

Checking Machine State
Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS
Automatic Updates Service is running. . . . . . . . . . PASS
Background Intelligent Transfer Service is not running. PASS
Wuaueng.dll version 7.0.6000.374. . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
This version is WSUS 2.0

Checking AU Settings
AU Option is 4: Scheduled Install . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
Option is from Policy settings

Checking Proxy Configuration
Checking for winhttp local machine Proxy settings . . . PASS
Winhttp local machine access type

Winhttp local machine Proxy. . . . . . . . . . NONE
Winhttp local machine ProxyBypass. . . . . . . NONE
Checking User IE Proxy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
User IE Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE
User IE ProxyByPass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE
User IE AutoConfig URL Proxy . . . . . . . . . NONE
User IE AutoDetect
AutoDetect not in use

Checking Connection to WSUS/SUS Server
WUServer = http://wsusserver
WUStatusServer = http://wsusserver
UseWuServer is enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
Connection to server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
SelfUpdate folder is present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS

Press Enter to Complete


Yes I have re-downloaded all the updates, maybe its possible to leave the download folder for the updates but I havent tried it.

I hope this will help you in uninstalling wsus and reinstall wsus 3.0.
please do not put this on your own site, link at least back to http://daily-it.blogspot.com

Written by Teus on September 25th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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