I had installed trial version of SQL 2008 R2 on my machine with win 7 as OS. Today I uninstalled it since trial expired then I tried to install SQL 2008 express edition with Advanced services but I keep getting below error:
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You have to manually and completely un-install SQL Server first, as per this KB
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I also blogged about my frustrations with this. http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2010/10/25/fun-with-software-uninstalling-sql-server-2008-r2-evaluation-edition.aspx – Aaron Bertrand Aug 25 '11 at 11:43
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@Aron nice blog post. – Pramodtech Aug 26 '11 at 12:59