CE/MaxDB uninstallation - how to completely remove from a PC?

We are currently experiencing problems trying to (re)install CE 7.1 EHP1 onto a PC which has previously had CE 7.1 SR5 installed.
The error message(s) we are receiving are below:
ERROR 2010-03-08 12:24:23.125 [iaxxinscbk.cpp:244]
MDB-07057 The system is inconsistent. Registry or SAP_DBTech information is available, but software is not complete.
ERROR 2010-03-08 13:09:36.921 [iaxxinscbk.cpp:244]
CJS-00030 Assertion failed: SdbSoftware.getExistingDbmcli(): IndepProgPath C:\sapdb\programs exists, but C:\sapdb\programs\pgm\dbmcli.exe is missing. The MaxDB software is inconsistent. Check your MaxDB installation.
The previous version of CE was uninstalled using the wizards, and the same was also done for MaxDB.
The uninstall wizard did not delete everything, so we deleted the u201Csapdbu201D and u201Cusr\sap\...u201D folders from the local PC.
The MaxDB entries are still shown in the list of Services, but the services are not running.  The PC was rebooted as well.
SAPMMC is definitely not running, and neither are any of the usual CE java processes. 
However, Regedit still lists several entries for CE + MaxDB, but I am reluctant to start deleting individual nodes/values without knowing the potential impact.
After performing the steps highlighted above, all attempts to install the newer version of CE have failed, resulting in the error messages shown above.
Are there any utility programs which can be used to complete eradicate all traces of CE and MaxDB from a PC in order to allow subsequent installations?
Many thanks in advance.
Ali Crawshaw

Ali,
for me the uninstall process always worked properly. Maybe your antivir software is blocking some uninstall steps?
But if it fails you should also delete the complete installation folder which is located at
%programfiles%/sapinst_instdir
(this name is from CE 7.2 but I think it was the same for CE 7.11) which should result in a path like
c:\program files\sapinst_instdir.
In this folder all steps of previous installations are logged.
Hope this will help,
Mark

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