Thursday, September 9, 2010

Installing SQL Server 2008 – reboot required check fails

When installing SQL Server 2008 or rebuilding it, one can run into “‘Reboot required check failed” situation.

Try to reboot first and if that wouldn’t help try out the following

1. Start regedit.exe
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
3. Locate PendingFileRenameOperations
4. Remove any data associated with the value ( copy the values as you may want to export the value for later review)
5. Reboot the machine.
6. Make sure that after you reboot entry in the registry does not reappear
7. If it does, remove it again, but do not reboot, just go ahead with installation process

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