This is the error a co-worker gets when trying to uninstall SQL Server 2012. She is running Windows 7 ProfessionalService Pack 1, 64 bit OS. She had SQL 2008 installed and then installed 2012 Enterprise as well, because she needed it for a project. The problem is we don't have a license for local instances of Enterprise, so we need to install it. However, 2012 Setup is telling us we don't have the minimum requirements to *install* 2012. Which leads to some interesting questions:
1) Why does the 2012 installer allow you to install but not uninstall when you don't meet system requirements?
2) How does that make any sense?
3) Does she really need to install more software to be able to uninstall? Since SP1 is already installed, what would that be?
Thanks!
Joe