hallo, how can i uninstall the SCCM Client ? I cannot see a option in ADD/Remove Programs. thx Oliver

I open a DOS window and browse to c:\windows\system32\ccmsetup\{6A438387-0FF9-4620-947E-39470FB1E2E5} The number will be different type in msiexec /x client.msi Not sure if that is the right way or not

msiexec /x is one way of uninstalling the other way is to use ccmclean from the sms 2003 toolkit 2. Run ccmclean /client (/removehistory is optional)

Hi to all, One additional Question in this case, does anybody know, how can i prevent a SCCM DP to get a SCCM Client. Would it be helpful when i exclude the Server IPs from the Site Boundaries?!? Backgroud is, we have at the moment one extra WSUS Server for Servers. When a SCCM DP get the SCCM Client, the Registry Entry for Windows Update will change to the SCCM SUP Server. Best RegardsMarkus

Hi You can exclude the server from push installations by adding the server name to the registrykey ExcludeServers under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/SMS/Components/SMS_DISCOVERY_DATA_MANAGER on you site server. You find more information about this here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693996.aspx

You know, I have seen this posted all over the place and I just have to let you know it didn't work for me. It worked under SMS 2003, but under SCCM it completely ignored it and installed on all my servers including my citrix servers. The interesting thing was that the client wouldn't install on hardly any of the PCs with the 2003 client on them until I enabled the Software Update install method which made even more of a mess since many of the PCs would basically lock up when rebooting because it had an update to install. The PC would just hang there for an hour or more until we physically powered off the PC or Damewared into the process and killed ccmsetup.exe. Oh, and ccmsetup /uninstall on mine only brings up the window were it is installed, it does not uninstall it.

ccmsetup /uninstall works for me flawlessly.

Just thought I'd share my experience as well. What worked for me is to actually force a reboot in the way ofccmsetup.exe /uninstall /forcereboot

Although this seems to uninstall it cleanly from the client, it doesnt seem to reflect any chances within the console? Is there a cleanup agent that needs to be run for this to be shown??

The behavior is normal. The siteserver does not get informed about the uninstallation of the client. The "Delete Aged ..." maintenance tasks will delete those records after a (configurable) periodof time.

Why just not to kill the SMS service and remove CCM and CCMsetup directories? I don't have the ccmsetup.exe in SCCM client and WIN7 workstation.

Hi, For those who (had to) use(d) the .msi installler and not the .exe there is another .msi installed in %windir%\ccmsetup\<msi uid>\client.msi If you uninstall this client.msi the two sccm 2007 client services and registry entries will be uninstalled. You must still manually delete the ccmsetup dir from %windir%

I have tried the commond line in cmd. but It siad " 'ccmsetup.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command". I don't know what location I should stand and type this command. Please, help Thanks

Hello - I would suggest you to open a new thread for your queries.Anoop C Nair

sorry, I don't understand. Could u tell me in otherwords, please.

You have to open a cmd prompt and change (cd) to the directory where ccmsetup.exe can be found (most likely in %windir%\system32\ccmsetup on 32bit versions of Windows). Then you can run ccmsetup.exe /uninstall.

There's nothing built into the console but you can use this nice tool that adds extensions to right click menu: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/direland/pages/sccm-console-extensions.aspx Mayur

I've done this and on some computers it works, but on several more it does not work. When I check the log it says it unistalled, but after the reboot the Configuration Manager is still there. How do I uninstall if the ccmsetup.exe /uninstall /forcereboot command doesn't work?

I've done this and on some computers it works, but on several more it does not work. When I check the log it says it unistalled, but after the reboot the Configuration Manager is still there. How do I uninstall if the ccmsetup.exe /uninstall /forcereboot command doesn't work? That doesnt sound right. Are you sure you are waiting long enough for it to remove everything? The icon should disappear from Control Panel after you refresh it. Why are you using /forcereboot? Client uninstall should not require an reboot. Mayur

With or without a reboot it does not remove the icon from the control panel. The ccmsetup.log says the unistall completes successfully so I believe I am waiting long enough. Also, I watch the ccmsetup.exe process appear and then disappear in the task manager.

Is the system32\ccm folder almost empty or do you still SMS host agent service listed? Thats how you tell it's removed. I usually refresh the control panel and the icon is usually gone. Weird that you still see it even after the reboot.Mayur

Just a reminder to those out there with 64bit windows 7 - I found this in c:\Windows\ccmsetup not c:\windows\system32\ccmsetup can then run ccmsetup.exe /uninstall or cd to the {43647-... dir and execute msiexec /uninstall client.msi worked a charm.

Hi Heldesk and All I'm quite surprised you guys keep mixing two methods of removing SCCM Client (Configuration Manager) instead of simply following up on MS advice that can be found on the same site called System Center. It's simply placed in their library: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb694276.aspx Dspite all that it should be also the latest information alligned to current OSes in use and IT infrastructures. Hope this helps in the future answering the question "which one shall I use?". Greetings! Muzzy