Archives for April, 2011

Fix : Windows Management Instrumentation Error During SQL Server 2008 Installation

Fix : Windows Management Instrumentation Error During SQL Server 2008 Installation

My development environment failed the prerequisite of SQL Server Express R2 Edition numerous time. It had passed all the requirements expect the Windows Management Instrumentation. It shows that the service is either not running or failed to start. At first, tried manually rebooting the service from the administration tools and re-run the prerequisite but still …