Known issues installing SQL Server on Windows 7 or on Windows Server 2008 R2

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Summary

This article describes the known issues when you install Microsoft SQL Server on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Notes

For all editions except the Express Edition of SQL Server 2008 that is running on Windows 7 or on Windows Server 2008 R2, you must have at least SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.

Note Express Edition already includes Service Pack 1.
For all editions of SQL Server 2005 that are running on Windows 7 or on Windows Server 2008 R2, you must have at least SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed.
In this article, Windows 7 indicates the client version of Windows 7. Windows Server 2008 R2 indicates the server version of Windows 7.

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Known issues

Windows 7 does not use the RequireKerberos property to determine whether Kerberos authentication is enabled

Because Windows 7 does not use the RequireKerberos property to determine whether Kerberos authentication is enabled for a Network Name resource, Failover Cluster installation of SQL Server 2008 fails.
When Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) policy is enabled in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2, Cluster Validation fails during SQL Server 2008 installation

When FIPS policy is enabled in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2, Cluster Validation fails during the installation of SQL Server 2008. Therefore, the setup fails.

To resolve these two problems, you must install SQL Server 2008 together with SQL Server 2008 (SP1) or a later update for clustered installations. For more information about how to obtain Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
968382
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968382/ )
How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2008
For more information about how to update SQL Server Setup in either a clustered or a nonclustered environment, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
955392
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955392/ )
How to update or slipstream an installation of SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 installation may fail on Windows Server 2008 R2

The SQL Server 2008 installation may fail on Windows Server 2008 R2 if the Microsoft .NET Framework is not enabled. This problem occurs because installation of the .NET Framework 3.5 is a prerequisite to this installation.

On Windows Server 2008 R2, the .NET Framework 3.5 is included as a Windows component. By default, the .NET Framework 3.5 is not enabled. To avoid this installation failure, you must enable the .NET Framework 3.5 from the Windows Features component before you run the SQL Server 2008 installation.
Setup of SQL Server 2008 may fail

Setup of SQL Server 2008 may fail, and you receive the following error:
Invoke or BeginInvoke cannot be called on a control until the window handle has been created.
You can install a cumulative update to resolve this issue. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
975055
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975055/ )
FIX: Error message when you install SQL Server 2008 on a computer that is running Windows 7: "Invoke or BeginInvoke cannot be called on a control until the window handle has been created"

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Before you install SQL Server on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you must make sure that you fulfill the following minimum prerequisites, as appropriate for your situation.

SQL Server 2008

Clustered installations

You must install SQL Server 2008 together with SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 or a later update (this is also known as a slipstreamed version).

Nonclustered installations

You must install SQL Server 2008 followed by SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 or a later update.

Note SQL Server 2008 express runtime is supported on Windows 7 and on Windows 2008 R2.

For more information about hardware and software requirements for installing SQL Server 2008, visit the Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2012

(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx)

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website.

SQL Server 2005

You must install SQL Server 2005 followed by SQL Server Service Pack 3 or a later update.

For more information about clustered installations of SQL Server 2005, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

973993

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973993/ )

Some nodes are not updated as expected when you apply Service Pack 3 or a post-Service Pack 3 update in a SQL Server 2005 cluster that is based on Windows Server 2008 R2 failover clustering

For more information about how to obtain SQL Server 2005 service packs, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

913089

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913089/ )

How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005

More information for SQL Server 2005

Note SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 runtime is supported on Windows 7 and on Windows Server 2008 R2.

The .NET Framework

You must enable the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 before you install SQL Server 2008 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2. The .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is a prerequisite for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 Setup will install the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 if it is not already installed. However, for Failover Clustering, the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 must be installed before the SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster installation.

In Windows Server 2008 R2, the .NET Framework is a system component. Therefore, you cannot install the .NET Framework from a redistribution point. You must install the .NET Framework from the Server role or by using ServerManagerCmd.exe.

You do not have to install the .NET Framework in the following scenarios:

On a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and on which the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is installed
On a computer that is running Windows 7

Note By default, the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is installed in Windows 7.

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