Remove SCCM 2007 client from a PC

[JohnRingling]

Good afternoon,

 

I have been attempting to remove the SCCM 2007 client from windows XP service pack 3 computers for quite some time.

I tried to use the CCMsetup.exe /uninstall, the msi removal of the client the SMS 2003 cmd tool, but I can't seem to succeed in removing it from that PC.

The reason I am attempting to remove it, is because it didn't fully load, in the configuration manager properties window, the general tab is empty, and the components and actions tabs are barely populate.

I tried to do a right click install client from the configuration manager console but it didn't work either.

 

I would most definitely appreciate your help,

 

Thank you

[HSChronic]

Thank you for your response,

 

I have a problem, I cannot remove it using this method, I have tried many times before, and it doesn't do anything at all.

Here is a screen shot of what I type in the command prompt, I have waited a very long time before but with no result the Configuration manager remains in the control panel.

Is there another approach to remove it?

 

Thanks

 

John

 

what does the log say?

 

As for another method of removing it, you can use the Windows Installer Cleanup util and a combo of manually deleting the files and reg entries.

[JohnRingling]

My ccmsetup.log file content, on the last line it says it was uninstalled, however I still see the configuration manager in the control panel:

 

<![LOG[==========[ ccmsetup started in process 3896 ]==========]LOG]!><time="12:49:24.668+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9010">

<![LOG[Version: 4.0.6487.2000]LOG]!><time="12:49:24.668+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:2068">

<![LOG[Command line parameters for ccmsetup have been specified. No registry lookup for command line parameters is required.]LOG]!><time="12:49:24.668+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4093">

<![LOG[Command line: ccmsetup /uninstall]LOG]!><time="12:49:24.668+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4102">

<![LOG[updated security on object C:\WINDOWS\system32\ccmsetup\.]LOG]!><time="12:49:24.684+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8849">

<![LOG[ccmsetup service is stopped.]LOG]!><time="12:49:24.684+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3548">

<![LOG[successfully deleted the ccmsetup service]LOG]!><time="12:49:29.684+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3592">

<![LOG[Ccmsetup is not registered in the Run key]LOG]!><time="12:49:29.684+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3850">

<![LOG[uninstall succeeded.]LOG]!><time="12:49:29.684+240" date="09-30-2010" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="msiutil.cpp:1138">

 

 

Control panel picture of the PC at 3:00pm is attached which shows my configuration manager still present, and I can't seem to install the client on the machine via my server side.

 

Could I ask for detailed instruction on hte alternative way of removing the SCCM client?

 

Thank you ,

 

john

Thank you for your help.

[JohnRingling]

Any Help for this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you

 

John

[Peter van der Woude]

Lets start with saying that the only supported way is ccmsetup.exe /uninstall. There are some alternatives that sometimes work, msiexec /x and ccmclean (old SMS team). Take a look here for more information: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup/thread/c27eb3be-210a-4b4c-aaa8-f6f98dbb5232

[JohnRingling]

Lets start with saying that the only supported way is ccmsetup.exe /uninstall. There are some alternatives that sometimes work, msiexec /x and ccmclean (old SMS team). Take a look here for more information: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup/thread/c27eb3be-210a-4b4c-aaa8-f6f98dbb5232

 

Thank you for your help,

 

I tried using ccmsetup.exe /uninstall, I alos tried the msiexec /x client command, as well as trying to clean up the registry from ccm entries. I did succeed in removing the "configuration management" from the control panel, however it now has been 2 days, and the client still didn't install itself back. I tried to re-install hte client by selecting "install cleint" fro mhte configuration manager console, but nothing seems to work.

 

Thank yo ufor your help,

 

John

[anyweb]

then perhaps you have other issues with that computer such as WMI, have you tried repairing wmi ?

[JohnRingling]

thank you for your suggestion, I will look into this path.

[JohnRingling]

I apologize for my slow response, but it took some time to try and verify the various possibilities.

It looks like the "msiexec /x client.msi" command did the trick. After executing this command, I attempted to re-install the client using the configuration manager console, but nothing happen. After a couple of days I looked and the client is fully installed on that PC.

 

Thank you for all your help with this.

 

John

[tobias-tobin]

I too was having a problem uninstalling the client from a problematic machine. When I would run ccmsetup.exe /uninstall nothing would happen.

 

Using the msiexec.exe /x client.msi worked. Thank you for posting this information.

[JohnRingling]

I too was having a problem uninstalling the client from a problematic machine. When I would run ccmsetup.exe /uninstall nothing would happen.

 

Using the msiexec.exe /x client.msi worked. Thank you for posting this information.

 

I'm glad it was of help to you.