Windows Desktop Search deployed automatically

"Javier Guzman" wrote in message

>
> Please make it possible to uninstall via WSUS!!! Why "Approved for
> Removal"
> is greyed?
>
> I don't have "Automatic Approval" active but WDS spread to all 300+
> computers (XP and 2003 Servers)

The inability to uninstall via WSUS is not a limitation of WSUS, it is a
limitation of the Package Installer (update.exe). The current Package
Installer does not contain the necessary code to implement an uninstall via
command from WSUS.



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Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
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Lawrence Garvin [MVP] wrote:

> The inability to uninstall via WSUS is not a limitation of WSUS, it is a
> limitation of the Package Installer (update.exe). The current Package
> Installer does not contain the necessary code to implement an uninstall
> via command from WSUS.

Sure, but Microsoft could write a custom uninstaller and distribute it via WSUS.
I'm not saying they should, necessarily (though it would be nice as a gesture
of contrition!) but it is technologically feasible.

I guess the main issue would be concerns about quality control, given the short
timeframe involved.

Harry.