You are getting the following error message anytime you start your PC:
‘SQLDUMPER library failed to initialize. Your installation is either corrupt or has been tampered with. Please uninstall then re-run set up to correct the problem’
In layman’s language what is this all about you ask?
Microsoft uses SQL as its primary database, if this database is damaged or corrupt, some of the programs/ applications will not work correctly, for example outlook will start hanging up…etc. In addition, you will continue to get this message until you correct/fix the database.
Why are you getting this message? Chances are you might have installed some program and that program installed the SQL client, or you might have uninstalled some programs like MS Accounting or other programs which uninstalled/ damaged the database and what you have left is:
Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support File (English)
Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
How can you tell that? Go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and you will see the above list.
Removing the error:
Let’s start with baby steps by trying to remove the error.
Go to Start>Run
Type: services.msc
Find the entry for Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
Double click the entry to edit. It should be already stopped.
Set its startup type to Disabled.
Click OK.
Now go to: Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and uninstall any reference to Microsoft SQL.
Once MS SQL is completely removed, reboot your computer. All should be well.
For any reasons if any programs/applications complain or need the SQL, you can always download it and reinstall it, it is offered free by Microsoft as an end-user Redistributable: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937733.aspx
You can also get the SQL server 2005 at http://www.microsoft.com/express/sql/download/default.aspx
I know that ACT! By sage software will be one program that will need you to reinstall the database…Try running all you applications to make sure that they work properly if they don’t, download and install SQL server.
Hope that worked!!!!
Stocks:
thanks for the advise on how to remove the SQLDumper not initialising problem. It worked well.
By: Andrew Gibson on August 26, 2008
at 9:34 am
THANK YOU!!!! I tried everything, even called tech support. This did it…….Thanks again!
By: Cathie. on December 5, 2008
at 11:49 am
Thank you for your posting. It’s been driving me crazy trying to get that error removed. When I uninstalled the free version of a Microsoft program this was left behind. Again thank you!
By: Kevin on December 6, 2008
at 11:49 am
Outlook BCM is another piece of software that uses it..
By: Chris on April 29, 2009
at 7:30 pm