I am getting error while uninstalling sql server 2008

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SQL-Server 2008 evaluation period got expired .

I am trying to uninstall it but showing some error like this.

SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:

The given key was not present in the dictionary..

please help.

Posted 16-Apr-12 22:37pm

ashu1810

Updated 16-Apr-12 22:38pm

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2012-04-16T23:08:00

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You can always try to uninstall SQL Server manually.
See http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/6c258901-4cd9-4fec-bb57-09b4fbc52cec[^] - this discussion thread contains a number of links describing steps to uninstall manually.

Posted 16-Apr-12 23:08pm

Abhinav S