SQL server installation error: Access denied

Question

I login as an user whom belongs to the local administrators group.
When I run sql 2008 express installation, I got error: Access denied.
Here is a part of the error log. What permission SQL server requires for installation?



SetValue: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\ConfigurationState, Name = SQL_PowerShell_Engine_CNS
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Action "ConfigEvent_SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32_Install_Finalize_finalize" will return false due to the following conditions:
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Condition "Feature dependency condition for action: ConfigEvent_SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32_Install_Finalize_finalize The condition tests feature: SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32. There are 10 dependant features. The feature is tested for results: ValidateResult, Result, CleanupResult." did not pass as it returned false and true was expected.
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Condition is false because the required feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32 failed in result Result
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Error: Action "ConfigEvent_SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32_Install_Finalize_finalize" failed during execution.
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Action "cluster_group_cluster_finalconfig_Cpu32" will return false due to the following conditions:
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Condition "Feature dependency condition for action: cluster_group_cluster_finalconfig_Cpu32 The condition tests feature: SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32. There are 10 dependant features. The feature is tested for results: ValidateResult, Result, CleanupResult." did not pass as it returned false and true was expected.
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Condition is false because the required feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32 failed in result Result
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Error: Action "cluster_group_cluster_finalconfig_Cpu32" failed during execution.
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Action "ConfigEvent_MPT_AGENT_CORE_CNI_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32_Install_Finalize_finalize" will return false due to the following conditions:
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Condition "Feature dependency condition for action: ConfigEvent_MPT_AGENT_CORE_CNI_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32_Install_Finalize_finalize The condition tests feature: MPT_AGENT_CORE_CNI_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32. There are 2 dependant features. The feature is tested for results: ValidateResult, Result, CleanupResult." did not pass as it returned false and true was expected.
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Condition is false because the required feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32 failed in result Result
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Error: Action "ConfigEvent_MPT_AGENT_CORE_CNI_sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu32_Install_Finalize_finalize" failed during execution.
2009-11-04 12:05:39 Slp: Completed Action: FinalizeTimingConfigAction, returned True

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2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp:
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Error result: -2068643839
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Result facility code: 1203
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Result error code: 1
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW\Installed
2009-11-04 12:05:59 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value DW0200
2009-11-04 12:06:03 Slp: Submitted 1 of 1 failures to the Watson data repository

Answer 1

Hi,

What’s your Operation System? If the machine is running VISTA or Windows Server 2008, please select “Run as Administrator” option.

In addition, check ‘Debug privileges’ permission has granted to your current account.  Run secpol.msc to open Local Security Settings. Go to \Security Settings\Local Policies\User Right Assignment\Debug Programs and add the current user in to this policy. After changeing that, you need to reboot the machine.

If there are any more questions, please let me know.
Thanks.

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***Xiao Min Tan***Microsoft Online Community***