To Manually Remove All Instant Messaging Components

Steps

1. Back up any information you might need in a future installation.

   See Backing Up Instant Messaging Data for instructions.

2. Manually edit the product registry information.

   For Solaris 9, issue the following command:

   prodreg(1)

   For all other operating systems:

   1. Edit productregistry.xml and remove all Instant Messaging XML elements from the file.

      By default, the productregistry XML file is stored in the following locations:

      • Solaris: /var/sadm/install/productregistry

      • Linux: /var/tmp/productregistry

   2. Remove the following packages or RPMs if they are still present:

      • SUNWiim

      • SUNWiimc

      • SUNWiimd

      • SUNWiimid

      • SUNWiimin

      • SUNWiimjd

      • SUNWiimm