I am trying to install SQL Server 2016 with SP1 Express Edition on Windows Server R2 but I am having trouble.
The installation wizard tells me that the download is successful, but halfway through the installation I get a message saying:
Oops..
Unable to install SQL Server (setup.exe).
Exit Code (Decimal)
-2147467259
Error Description
The Service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
The log file is not much help because all it tells me is that the installer was attempting to open the registry and got stuck. This is the last four lines of the log file:
(01) 2017-01-23 21:50:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine(01) 2017-01-23 21:50:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names
(01) 2017-01-23 21:50:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey RS
(01) 2017-01-23 21:50:59 Slp: SetupTelemetry: Telemetry has an active session with 53 events.