MSXML 6 issues in MSSQL server installations
Most often while installing some Microsoft products (or even some other products ) you might encounter errors related to MSXML . Morever installing the latest MSXML 6 installer again from the site doesn’t work often , in such a scenario even the add remove program menu also shows error in uninstalling the faulty component .Recently i had the fortune of encountering such an error and after hours of searching i found a valid feasible solution in form of a microsoft utility used for install clean ups .
In case of MSSQL server you need to uninstall MSXML6 components by using Windows Install Cleanup Utility which can be downloaded from http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe.
After the un installation of the component , you can download the latest MSXML SP from the download site , install it and then proceed with your installation of MSSQL server .The installation goes on smoothly .
Even tough the post is mostly oriented towards MSXML and MSSQL server , I have tried this scenarios with most of the IBM applications which tend to render a further re-installations of the same application to fail .The cleanup utility helps in removing most of the erroneous components from the system which often fail from the “Add-Remove “program menu
