How do I fix a “Performance counter registry hive consistency” when installing SQL Server R2 Express?

Question

I\'m trying to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/

I have a 64-bit, Windows 7 machine.

I have t

Answer 1

\setup.exe /ACTION=install /SKIPRULES=PerfMonCounterNotCorruptedCheck

Above worked for me... I did installed it, from my external, using command line interface.