Trying to install SQL Server 2012 on a Windows 8 OS.
Hardware: Intel i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, plenty of Hard Disk space.
No EVAL versions of either Win 8 Pro or of SQL 2012. Both are the "the real thing".
I have removed ALL instances of any MSDE.
Here is the error I get:
TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure.
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SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:
'.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 196610.
Error code 0x84B10001.
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&EvtType=0x77A18E2F%25400x972328DC
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BUTTONS:
OK
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Any ideas what's missing?
RICHARDG
RICHARDG