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Author  Topic  work2gs Starting Member 6 Posts Posted - 2010-05-17 : 03:31:02 Hi cannot remove sqlserver2008 obtain this error SQL Server setup has encountered the following error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object I am stuck since one week - please help 2010-05-17 10:18:35 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20100517_101629\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_Microsoft SQL Server.reg_ 2010-05-17 10:18:35 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20100517_101629\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_Windows_CurrentVersion_Uninstall.reg_ 2010-05-17 10:18:35 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20100517_101629\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_MSSQLServer.reg_ 2010-05-17 10:18:35 Slp: Sco: Unable to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20100517_101629\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_MSSQLServer.reg_, Win32 error 2 2010-05-17 10:18:36 Slp: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 2010-05-17 10:18:36 Slp: Watson bucket for exception based failure has been created 2010-05-17 10:18:36 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine 2010-05-17 10:18:36 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey 2010-05-17 10:18:36 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW\Installed 2010-05-17 10:18:36 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value DW0200 2010-05-17 10:18:38 Slp: Submitted 1 of 1 failures to the Watson data repository 2010-05-17 10:18:39 Slp: 2010-05-17 10:18:39 Slp: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010-05-17 10:18:39 Slp: 2010-05-17 10:18:39 Slp: Error result: 677421808 2010-05-17 10:18:39 Slp: Result facility code: 96 2010-05-17 10:18:39 Slp: Result error code: 41712