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Rule “Restart Computer” Failed

Something hinky went wrong when I installed SQL Server 2008 on my Development machine and the "Restart Computer" rule kept failing no matter how many times I rebooted. After some Googling I found this page which suggested clearing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations Registry key. I cleared the key and I now the Restart Computer rule passed. Yeah!

Published Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:49 AM by michael@wardyit.com

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	Bo Juel Kjeldsen said: Thanks a lot - went to bed at 03:15 AM without solving the problem - but now it seems to work! Bo April 14, 2009 4:47 AM
	G Favor said: Your idea saved me !!!! I had the same Restart Failed issue when installing SQL 2008. thanks for making this known. You saved me hours of research. May 12, 2009 2:10 AM
	Aussie Architect said: Yes, these blogs are invaluable to saving a lot of people a great deal of wasted time - thanks! However, after some five further months elapse I downloaded the Management Studio subset of the SQL 2008 install and it still exhibits this problem. Doesn't anyone at Microsoft ever fix anything? May 19, 2009 2:41 PM
	Szymon said: Thanks for posting this. Very helpful. June 1, 2009 7:28 PM
	Mark Monforti said: This worked for me as well. Clear it and click the Re-run button. You do not have to start over. June 9, 2009 5:06 AM
	bishoq said: Thanks man! June 23, 2009 11:40 AM
	tinymouse said: Great! Now I can continue install it smoothly :x July 8, 2009 3:31 PM
	muhammad moiez said: thanks alot mate for your suggestion. tht really helped me :) September 6, 2009 10:15 AM
	fix bad credit said: I enjoyed this post - thank you for sharing it with everyone! September 20, 2009 3:51 PM
	DahlinDev said: Excellent, thank you. September 26, 2009 4:51 AM
	David said: Thanks, great fix. Saved alot of time!! October 22, 2009 12:55 PM

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Michael is a .Net Developer who enjoys creating software and doing database work too.