SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation Failed -2068052081, 1212, 1935

Today:

Server Team provided Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Build 6002

Installation of SQL Server 2008 R2 failed with this message:

Overall summary:
 Final result: SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.
 Exit code (Decimal): -2068052081
 Exit facility code: 1212
 Exit error code: 1935
 Exit message: SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.
 Start time: 2016-12-09 17:16:34
 End time: 2016-12-09 17:26:37
 Requested action: Install
 Log with failure: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20161209_171446\SqlSupport_KatmaiRTM_Cpu64_1.log
 Exception help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=10.50.1600.1

Google found:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/72f27c30-5307-49e3-85dc-12a9c4704296/sql-server-2008-setup-failure-win-7-x64-msi-error-1935-an-error-occurred-during-the-installation

Downloaded and installed the missing component on Target Server:

http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=en

Now have a look at programs and features:

… note that the marked one has a size of 3,84 MB while the one with the exact same (display) name just has got 566 kb.

Retried the SQL Server Installation and guess what: It worked 🙂

 

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