Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Help removing an old light fixture

Let me start out by saying I've never done anything like this before and am thankful there are helpful communities like this to help people.

I want to replace a ceiling lighting fixture that has been up since before I moved into my home 14 years ago. (Picture here (http://web.njit.edu/~ejb5/fixture.jpg) )

I removed both screws, including the one shown in the picture. The fixture, however, is still up there tight. It does not rotate or move the slightest bit. I shined a flashlight into the screw holes to look for more screws to remove, but can't seem to find anymore. I'm here clueless.

Any advice as to how to get this thing off would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

the only thing I can think of holding it there is paint build-up (or possibly caulk). I'd carefully take a razor knife and cut around the top of the light fixture where it meets the cieling, that should break the paint bond and drop the fixture.

Hope this helps!

undefinedLet me start out by saying I've never done anything like this before and am thankful there are helpful communities like this to help people.

I want to replace a ceiling lighting fixture that has been up since before I moved into my home 14 years ago. (Picture here (http://web.njit.edu/~ejb5/fixture.jpg) )

I removed both screws, including the one shown in the picture. The fixture, however, is still up there tight. It does not rotate or move the slightest bit. I shined a flashlight into the screw holes to look for more screws to remove, but can't seem to find anymore. I'm here clueless.

Any advice as to how to get this thing off would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. After looking at the picture you may have a center mounting conduit, like in a lamp. First turn the breaker off for this fixture
and make sure that's the right breaker.....(Put a light bulb in the fixture
and make sure it will not work!!! The fixture may be stuck to the ceiling by
paint, rap it with the plastic handle of a screw driver. This might loosen the
fixture however if it has this center conduit as I think it does the installer
may have an adapter ring mounted to the box and tighten the fixture till the
screw holes lined up then installed the screws as added support. Once again
after making sure you have the right breaker turned off, remove the other
screw(the one in the picture) and try to turn the fixture to the left, this should loosen the fixture. It will also twist the wires that is why the right
breaker needs to be off. The fixture will be connected with what they call
wire nuts(or if it's an old house twisted and taped,not good.) Once the fixture has been loosen and you messed up the wire check the wire where
the romex(the wires are coming into the box) and inspect the wire, nine times out of ten the heat from the light fixture will have made the insulation
brittle. There will be a screw you can loosen and pull some good wire into the
box, or you may have to go into the attic and loosin the romax addaptor and
feed the wire into the box. DO NOT TAPE THE WIRES as a short cut. If you do install a smoke alarm!!!. Now most fixtures will have directions and The
manly thing is to install then try to find out what went wrong because it will not work thing happens. Read them!!! Now one last thing, use new wire nuts,
most likley yellow ones(has to do with the guage of the wire) make sure the
wires are even(one is not longer than the other) and tigten the wire nut then
check the connection by pulling on both the wires one at a time while holding
the wire nut. this will insure you have a good connection and no bare wire is
showing. Don't let this message scare you, you can do it, be safe check what you are doing and remember, there are people out there that do this
for a living and they can vote!!! Good Luck