Windows 2008 server add remove programs

Our organization was evaluating some software from a vendor on our DC's 4 all running R2. The WMIC product list does not show this product as being installed either. The product is installed and is running as a service.

Any ideas to remove this? Odd, that's all i can think of, that it is not an actually installed but was installed as a service rather. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Greetings, Our organization was evaluating some software from a vendor on our DC's 4 all running R2. When your specifically searching for drivers that are installed for your systems hardware you can use the following command line:.

According to this TechNet page this will remove the package from the driver store. I can think of scenarios where this might be a good thing. Checking for Windows Updates on Server Core is a whole other ball game, for which I recommend using the following command line:.

Removing a Windows Update is easy as well, since the above command line outputs values that you can use in the following command line:. There are two main ways of installing software on your Server Core box. There are also two ways of checking for installed software and removing them. Digging through the registry might not be the most efficient way to check for installed software and find the removal strings.

I suspect the Server Core team might find it useful to supply us with some software removal option inside SCregEdit. Using a third party freeware tool like Revo Uninstaller or MyInstaller and their possible attack surfaces from my point of view should not be a part of the Server Core strategy. The information on this webpage applies to software from Microsoft that was in testing phase but utilizable by experienced users by the time the webpage was written. This software has not been released for sale, distribution or usage for the general public.

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