I had a trial edition of sql server 2008 enterprise edition it expired and i
attempted to reinstall sql server 2008 developer edition. I was able to do
so but the managment studio remained "expired" tried to uninstall it and
reinstall and update registry settings. At his point when i try to do an
install it stops with no error messages . IS there someway to complete clean
it out and start over?

Hi Peter,

You are most probably facing this problem because Management Studio belongs
to the "Shared" SQL Server features and it was not properly uninstalled
before installing SQL Server 2008 Dev Edition.

I believe that you will find the following Support KB article very useful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955404
Based on the article, you can manually uninstall SQL Server 2008 (including
SSMS) and then perform a clean installation.

I would recommend restarting the PC on which SQL Server is to be installed
before performing the clean installation.

Cheers.

--
Artemakis Artemiou
B.Sc., M.Sc.,
Microsoft SQL Server MVP,
MCP, MCTS:SQL Server 2005, MCTS:SQL Server 2008 (Charter Member)

http://aartemiou.blogspot.com

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"Peter Johnson" <PeterJohnson (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote