How do I fix a "Performance counter registry hive consistency" when installing SQL Server R2 Express?

Question

I'm trying to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/

I have a 64-bit, Windows 7 machine.

I have tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions but each fail on "Performance counter registry hive consistency".

How can I fix this so that I can install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express?

Answer 1

You can skip the Performance counter check in the setup altogether:

setup.exe /ACTION=install /SKIPRULES=PerfMonCounterNotCorruptedCheck