Sql database services setup failed

The installation was a success! Could you please try to download and install SQL Server again from official website? The installation package you are using may be corrupted. In addition, please remove previous failed installation clearly using the steps in this link.

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Thank you but still, I'm getting the same error. All installation tries I do are like new ones, because I install a new virtual machine everytime to make sure. I disabled everything and went on getting another official SQL Server download setup from the website just like you said, but the error remains.

Is it something to do with server and user account permissions read somewhere that changing that can be a solution? I looked at these logs last night, but I did not post anything, because I felt that I did not have that much useful to add. It seems like the problem is that a number of MSI files are missing, and I guess that's why Amelia thinks that the the download is corrupted.

I am not sure that this is the case, but you could try the download from a computer, in case there is something that distorts the download. You say that you install a new VM each time, but I suppose that VM is installed from the same template?

On the Select Instance page, select the instance to repair, and then click Next to continue. The Ready to Repair page indicates that the operation is ready to proceed. To continue, click Repair. The Repair Progress page shows the status of the repair operation. The Complete page indicates that the operation is finished.

Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. MSI s 08! Its current value is 'SQLExpress'. Its value is '1'. Its value is ' x'.

Its value is 'Express Edition'. Error Code: MSI s 08! The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Setting Internal Properties. The error is: Onherstelbare fout bij installatie. Error Return value 3.

In the meantine, I deleted the whole story and I installed the SP1 again. SQL Server Browser service group does not exist. The summary log file shown at the end of my post shows that installation of Database Engine Services failed. I cannot use the existing instance for operational reasons. Could this account for the problem?

The server is one of 3 domain controllers. The link to Microsoft in the summary. Overall summary: Final result: Failed: see details below Exit code Decimal : Start time: End time: Requested action: Install.

Setup completed with required actions for features. Troubleshooting information for those features: Next step for SQLEngine: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.

Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again. Check for earlier failures in the setup. As the few web pages I found about this problem did not exactly to match my case, I tried something simple which would not risk the other, live, default instance.