Microsoft KB Archive/306635

= Use Add/Remove Programs to Remove Application Center 2000 After Service Pack 1 Is Installed =

Article ID: 306635

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Application Center 2000 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY MORE INFORMATION
 * Remove Application Center 2000 from a Cluster Controller and Disband the Cluster
 * Remove Application Center 2000 from a Cluster Controller and Do Not Disband the Cluster
 * Remove Application Center 2000 from a Member Server

SUPPORT INFORMATION



SUMMARY
After you have installed Application Center 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), if you want to remove Application Center 2000, and then install the program again, you must follow a specific order of steps.

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MORE INFORMATION
The following is the correct sequence for using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel to remove, and then re-install Application Center 2000.

Remove Application Center 2000 from a Cluster Controller and Disband the Cluster
If the server from which you want to remove Application Center 2000 is a cluster controller, and you want to disband the cluster, follow these steps:  Remove cluster members. Repeat the following steps for each cluster member:  Open the Application Center MMC Snap-In Expand the Application Center tree to locate Members. Right-click the member that you want to remove. Click to select All Tasks. Click Remove Cluster Member.</li> In the Confirm Remove dialog box, click OK.</li> In the Server Authentication dialog box, type credentials with administrative rights to the server that you want to remove.</li> Click OK.</li></ol> </li> After you remove all of the cluster members from the cluster, remove the cluster controller by disbanding the cluster: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> On the Application Center tree, under Members, right-click the cluster controller.</li> Click to select All Tasks.</li> Click Disband Cluster.</li> In the Confirm Remove dialog box, click OK.</li></ol> </li> On each of the former cluster members, at a command prompt, go to the Application Center subdirectory, and then run the following command:

ac cluster /clean

</li> At the confirmation prompt, type Y, and then press ENTER. All of the cluster information is removed from the server, and will not cause conflicts if you re-install Application Center 2000.</li> On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.</li> In Add/Remove Programs, click to select Application Center 2000 SP1 on the list of currently installed programs.</li> Click Change/Remove to remove Service Pack 1 for Application Center 2000.</li> Click OK to confirm the removal of Application Center 2000 SP1.</li> Click to select Application Center 2000.</li> Click Remove to remove Application Center 2000.</li> <li>In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.</li> <li>Re-install Application Center 2000 by following the typical setup steps.</li> <li>Re-apply Service Pack 1 for Application Center 2000, if you require it.</li></ol>

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Remove Application Center 2000 from a Cluster Controller and Do Not Disband the Cluster
If the server from which you want to remove Application Center 2000 is a cluster controller, and you do not want to disband the cluster, follow these steps: <ol> <li>Assign a member server to become the new cluster controller. To do this, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Open the Application Center 2000 MMC Snap-in.</li> <li>Expand the Application Center tree to locate Members.</li> <li>Right-click the member server that you want to make the new cluster controller.</li> <li>Click to select All Tasks.</li> <li>Click Designate as Controller.</li> <li>In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes. The original cluster controller is converted to a member server.</li></ol> </li> <li>To remove Application Center 2000 from the member server, follow the steps in the &quot;Remove Application Center 2000 from a Member Server&quot; section.</li></ol>

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Remove Application Center 2000 from a Member Server
If the server from which you want to remove Application Center 2000 is a member server, follow these steps: <ol> <li>Remove the member server from the cluster. To do this, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Right-click the member that you want to remove.</li> <li>Click to select All Tasks.</li> <li>Click Remove Cluster Member.</li> <li>In the Confirm Remove dialog box, click OK.</li> <li>In the Server Authentication dialog box, type credentials for an account that has administrative rights to the server that you want to remove.</li> <li>Click OK.</li></ol> </li> <li>On the cluster member, at a command prompt, go to the Application Center subdirectory, and then run the following command:

ac cluster /clean

</li> <li>At the confirmation prompt, type Y, and then press ENTER. All of the cluster information is removed from the server, and will not cause conflicts if you re-install Application Center 2000.</li> <li>On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.</li> <li>In Add/Remove Programs, click to select Application Center 2000 SP1 on the list of currently installed programs.</li> <li>Click Change/Remove to remove Service Pack 1 for Application Center 2000.</li> <li>In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.</li> <li>Click to select Application Center 2000.</li> <li>Click Remove to remove Application Center 2000.</li> <li>In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.</li> <li>Re-install Application Center 2000 by following the typical setup steps.</li> <li>Re-apply Service Pack 1 for Application Center 2000, if you require it.</li></ol>

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SUPPORT INFORMATION
This is the order of steps that is supported; no other order is supported. If you do not follow this order, Add/Remove Programs may include a link to Application Center Service 2000 Service Pack 1, but the computer could have only Application Center 2000 RTM files.

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Additional query words: AC, AC SP1, RTM

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