Automating the removal of CS3 (before installing CS4)

After much fiddling, I've been able to automate the remove of (the majority) of the CS3 suite on my machines.  I did this using the command:
[serverpath]\Adobe CS3\setup.exe --mode=silent --deploymentFile=./uninstall.xml (where uninstall.xml specifies
to remove the payloads for CS3, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge, Stock Photos, etc.)
The script ends with Exit Code = 0, so it appears to be successful.  However, when going to Add/Remove programs
after running the script, Adobe Creative 3 Suite still appears there (the actual files are gone from C:\Program Files\Adobe\etc...
Do I need a separate script to remove it from the registry?  Also, is there a way to automate removal of the
ExtendScript Tool?  When I try to include that  in the uninstall.xml, it says it cannot remove it because it
has been updated, and I need to uninstall the update before removing it.
My environment is 100% Windows XP.  This is in preparation of upgrading to CS4, and I'd like to automate the removal of CS3 as much as possible.

No need to uninstall.
In fact its wise to keep the older version until you are familiar with the new version. I have almost all versions of Photoshop going back to 2.5.1 as well as the 4 creative Suites happily installed and working together on my G5.

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