I am trying to install 64-bit MS SQL Server 2008 Express R2 on Windows 7 64-bit. It starts going through the install and then I get the following error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Setup
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The following error has occurred:
Could not open key: UNKNOWN\Components\1FA18F7
974E099CD0
AF18C3B9B1
A1EE8\3795
4E682535F9
341A51E2E8
4E4D1004. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=10.50.1600.1&EvtType=0xF45F6601%25401201%25401
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BUTTONS:
OK
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I have delete the MS SQL Server folder under Program Files as well as clean out the registry.
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