Take the 2-minute tour ×  What is best and easiest way to
uninstall WSS 3.0 from your server. I simply tried Remove option
from WSS setup wizard but it does not uninstall all content.
like  1> Site created (they were still there in virtual
Directories)  2> Database  3> Dlls from GAC  4> Custom controls
under Templates->ControlTemplates  So what i did is just removed
Databse (admin,configuration and WSS_Content) but when i tried
to reinstall WSS it gave an error "Failed To Connect Content
Database".  Do any one have any idea why this is happening? SQL
services are already running and i am able to access sql server
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comment  4 Answers  up vote 1 down vote accepted  First of all
when removing SharePoint (any version) the only account that can
do this successfully is the same account that installed it.  The
uninstaller does not remove any content created by SharePoint,
only the files installed during the setup. Just like removing
Office does not remove al