Error 0x84b10001 when installing SQL Server 2012 on a machine with VS2013

Question

I\'m trying to install SQL Server Express with Service Pack 1 on my Win8 Pro (x64) development machine and I\'m consistently getting an error 0x84b10001 when trying to insta

Answer 1

Well, turns out that this cryptic error is due to an older instance of SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) being present.

After uninstalling MSDE, the SQL Server 2012 setup worked without errors.