I am running Win 7 and about to purchased a new computer with Win 8.1.
The USGA wrote a Tournament Program which is used nationwide called TPP (Tournament Pairing Program). It was developed prior to XP but it is updated every time you run the update. It runs on XP without any adjustments. To load the program on Win 7 or Win 8 you are instructed to remove Microsoft SQL Server 2005, which I did. The program loads SQL 2000 when it is installed. I am concerned when I uninstall the TPP program that it will also uninstall SQL 2000 (which it installed) and then there will be no SQL server on my Win 7.
I was going to make sure that I could install the TPP program on Win 8 (before buying another computer) by installing it on a friends new Win 8.1 computer. But I am concerned about removing the preinstalled SQL Server program.
1) How does one get the original Microsoft SQL Server back once it has been removed and the recycle bin has been emptied? Does the SQL program even get sent to the recycle bin when it is removed?
2) Is there any harm done by removing the original SQL program be it 2005 or a new one?