KB3189033 - FIX: Cannot uninstall service packs for SQL Server 2014 after a cumulative update is installed

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Applies To

SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Express - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Web - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

Assume that you have installed a cumulative update on an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2014 that has a service pack installed. When you uninstall the cumulative update and the service pack, none of them are uninstalled correctly. But you don't receive any error messages about this.

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server:

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. We recommend that you download and install the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server: