Attempting to install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express Edition on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit computer.
During the installation process the following error is displayed...
SQL Server Setup
An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
LinkID: 20476
Product Name: Microsoft SQL Server
Message Source: setup.rll
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Plan to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express also after this if this has any barring on how I should be installing this product.
Thanks
Colin
Is this just the message your are getting?. This seems to me an .Net issue.
Please refer to hardware and software requirement also for 2012 express.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx
Remove your .net framework and install fresh .net framework 3.5 Sp1
Make sure you follow this
.NET 3.5 SP1 is a requirement for SQL Server 2012 when you select Database Engine, Reporting Services, Master Data Services, Data Quality Services, Replication, or SQL Server Management Studio, and it is no longer installed by SQL Server Setup.
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If you run Setup on a computer with the Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system, and you do not have .NET 3.5 SP1, SQL Server Setup requires you to download and install.NET 3.5 SP1 before you can continue with the SQL Server installation.
The error message includes a link to the download center, or you can download .NET 3.5 SP1 from Windows Update. To avoid interruption during SQL Server Setup, you can download and install .NET 3.5 SP1 before you run SQL Server Setup.
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If you run Setup on a computer with the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 operating system, you must enable .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 before you install SQL Server 2012.
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If you run Setup on a computer with the Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 operating system, the SQL Server Setup automatically downloads and installs the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. This process requires internet access.
If there is no internet access, it is required to download and install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 before you run Setup to install any of the above mentioned components. For more information about the recommendations and guidance on how to acquire and enable
.NET Framework 3.5 in Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8, see
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Considerations (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/hh975396).
.NET 4.0 is a requirement for SQL Server 2012. SQL Server installs .NET 4.0 during the feature installation step.
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If you are installing the SQL Server Express editions, ensure that an Internet connection is available on the computer. SQL Server Setup downloads and installs the .NET Framework 4 because it is not included in the SQL Server Express media.
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SQL Server Express does not install .NET 4.0 on the Server Core mode of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012. You must install .NET 4.0 before you install SQL Server Express on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows
Server 2012.