How do I fix a “Performance counter registry hive consistency” when installing SQL Server R2 Express?

Question

I\'m trying to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/

I have a 64-bit, Windows 7 machine.

I have t

Answer 1

The following solution works for me, you can try it:

• Write to run : regedit

• Then open

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> Perflib

• Under the /009 and /01F files, right click and select new and choose "multi string value" named it as "Counter" and do these steps again to create "Help" named file. (Important!! it is case sensitive)

• Copy contents of "Counter" and "Help" files under the "CurrentLanguage" to the /009 and /01F files.