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Tag: windows

Install Windows 10 from a USB Flash Drive

  • tran.travis
  • November 1, 2019
  • 3 min read

I’m writing this because I can, for some reason, never remember how to use Diskpart. And who uses DVD’s anymore? Download the Windows 10 preview ISO from here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview Insert a usb drive at least 4gb in size Open a command prompt as administrator Hit Windows Key, type cmd and hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter. This will force it to open as admin. Run diskpart […]

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Uninstall Oracle DB on Windows completely

  • tran.travis
  • July 27, 2019
  • 1 min read

Manually

  1. START -> RUN -> Services.msc
  2. Locate all Ora* services & click on STOP
  3. Start -> RUN -> Regedit
  4. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder in the registry
  5. Open Software folder
  6. Delete the Oracle folder under Software
  7. Open System folder in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  8. Open CurrentControlSet folder within the System folder
  9. Open Services
  10. Delete all keys related to Oracle. Every key starts with “ORA..”
  11. Close the regedit
  12. Delete ORACLE_HOME folder
  13. Delete the Oracle folder in Program Files
  14. Reboot

Uninstall all Oracle components using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).

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