I'm installing SQL Server Express 2012 on Windows 8 beta and I'm getting the below exception on some but not all images. This issue may exist for me on other OS's but so far I've only seen it on Win 8. I've tried the KB for SQLExpress 2008,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2000257 but that has not helped. Any thoughts?
(01) 2012-03-22 17:04:54 Slp: External component has thrown an exception.
(01) 2012-03-22 17:04:54 Slp: The configuration failure category of current exception is ConfigurationFailure
(01) 2012-03-22 17:04:54 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing ConfigRC and scenario ConfigRC.
(01) 2012-03-22 17:04:54 Slp: System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception.
(01) 2012-03-22 17:04:54 Slp: at Microsoft.Win32.SafeNativeMethods.CloseHandle(IntPtr handle)
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