If you get the error below in the Detail.txt (100/Setup Bootstrap/Log.. ) when you installing the SQL Server ;
(To workaround the issue you need to temporarily match the user and system locales before setting up SQL server. In the scenario described in this article you need to set the User locale to your language so that it matches the System locale. After the setup is complete you can revert the regional settings back to desired configuration.)
Please run that command : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32>Lodctr /R
If you have still got an error please check *.ini files in the InstallationMedia. There may be some encoding problems like japanese charecters etc.
Detail.txt
The configuration failure category of current exception is ConfigurationFailure
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException: The specified driver is invalid.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified driver is invalid.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.PerformanceCounter.LoadPerformanceCounter(String symbolInstallPath, String counterPrefixServiceName)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.PerformanceCounter.RegisterPerformanceCounterCore(String libraryFileName, String openFunction, String collectionFunction, String closeFunction, String symbolInstallPath, String counterPrefixServiceName)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.PerformanceCounter.RegisterPerformanceCounter(String libraryFileName, String openFunction, String collectionFunction, String closeFunction, String symbolInstallPath, String counterPrefixServiceName)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.PerformanceCounter.RegisterPerformanceCounter(String libraryFileName, String openFunction, String collectionFunction, String closeFunction, String symbolInstallPath, String counterPrefixServiceName)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.PerfmonRegistration.RegisterCtrs(Boolean forceCopy)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.SqlEngineSetupPrivate.Install_ConfigNonRC_Prepare(EffectiveProperties properties)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.SqlEngineSetupPrivate.Install(ConfigActionTiming timing, Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcb)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.SlpConfigAction.ExecuteAction(String actionId)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.SlpConfigAction.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Exception: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Source: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Message: The specified driver is invalid.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: .Inner exception:
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Source: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Message: The specified driver is invalid.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: .Error: Action "SqlEngineConfigAction_install_confignonrc_Cpu64" failed during execution.
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Completed Action: SqlEngineConfigAction_install_confignonrc_Cpu64, returned False
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get instance feature flag UpgradeIncomplete for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst, instance MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER, machine name AIRSQL
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine AIRSQL
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\UpgradeIncompleteState
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value SQL_Engine_Core_Inst
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get feature configuration state for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst, instance MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get instance feature flag ConfigurationState for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst, instance MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER, machine name AIRSQL
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine AIRSQL
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\ConfigurationState
2013-11-29 17:29:00 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value SQL_Engine_Core_Inst
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