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When installing SQL Server 2008 today I ran into an error right away.  In testing the Setup Support Rules the “Restart computer” operation check failed.

After a bit of Binging I found this thread: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/ca182f5d-114a-4516-99d4-0854ad176fbf/

It talks about deleting any registry settings with a value of “PendingFileRenameOperations" in the key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager"

Open your Windows programs type “regedit.exe” in the search then click enter. Now drill down to the Session Manager key.  Look for any value with “Pending FileRenameOperations” and delete it.

Go back to the SQL Server 2008 setup and rerun it.  Everything should pass now and you can proceed.

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