title: Error while installing SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition
body: <p>Here's how the error looks while the installation:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>An error occurred during the setup process of the feature Attempted to
    perform an unauthorized operation.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Clicking on <code>Retry</code> doesn't help, if I click on the <code>Cancel</code> button, it continues but then there will come up more errors like this one:</p>
  
  <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> I'm not using any VM, I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit as my OS.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the log details:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Overall summary:
    Final result:                  Failed: see details below
    Exit code (Decimal):           -2068119551
    Start time:                    2013-10-18 14:59:09
    End time:                      2013-10-18 16:02:02
    Requested action:              Install
  
  Setup completed with required actions for features.
  Troubleshooting information for those features:
    Next step for SQLEngine:       Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
    Next step for Replication:     Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
    Next step for IS:              Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
  
  
  Machine Properties:
    Machine name:                  H65617
    Machine processor count:       4
    OS version:                    Windows 7
    OS service pack:               Service Pack 1
    OS region:                     United States
    OS language:                   ...)
    OS architecture:               x86
    Process architecture:          32 Bit
    OS clustered:                  No
  
  Product features discovered:
    Product              Instance             Instance ID                    Feature                                  Language             Edition              Version         Clustered 
  
  Package properties:
    Description:                   Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1
    ProductName:                   SQL Server 2012
    Type:                          RTM
    Version:                       11
    SPLevel:                       0
    Installation location:         F:\x86\setup\
    Installation edition:          Standard
  
  Product Update Status:
    None discovered.
  
  User Input Settings:
    ACTION:                        Install
    ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN:      false
    AGTSVCACCOUNT:                 bezeq
    AGTSVCPASSWORD:                *****
    AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Manual
    ASBACKUPDIR:                   Backup
    ASCOLLATION:                   Latin1_General_CI_AS
    ASCONFIGDIR:                   Config
    ASDATADIR:                     Data
    ASLOGDIR:                      Log
    ASPROVIDERMSOLAP:              1
    ASSERVERMODE:                  MULTIDIMENSIONAL
    ASSVCACCOUNT:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    ASSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
    ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS:            &lt;empty&gt;
    ASTEMPDIR:                     Temp
    BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE:         Automatic
    CLTCTLRNAME:                   &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTRESULTDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTSTARTUPTYPE:                0
    CLTSVCACCOUNT:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTSVCPASSWORD:                &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTWORKINGDIR:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    COMMFABRICENCRYPTION:          0
    COMMFABRICNETWORKLEVEL:        0
    COMMFABRICPORT:                0
    CONFIGURATIONFILE:             C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20131018_144620\ConfigurationFile.ini
    CTLRSTARTUPTYPE:               0
    CTLRSVCACCOUNT:                &lt;empty&gt;
    CTLRSVCPASSWORD:               &lt;empty&gt;
    CTLRUSERS:                     &lt;empty&gt;
    ENABLERANU:                    false
    ENU:                           true
    ERRORREPORTING:                false
    FEATURES:                      SQLENGINE, REPLICATION, BIDS, CONN, IS, BC, SDK, BOL, SSMS, ADV_SSMS, SNAC_SDK
    FILESTREAMLEVEL:               0
    FILESTREAMSHARENAME:           &lt;empty&gt;
    FTSVCACCOUNT:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    FTSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    HELP:                          false
    IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS:  false
    INDICATEPROGRESS:              false
    INSTALLSHAREDDIR:              C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
    INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR:           &lt;empty&gt;
    INSTALLSQLDATADIR:             &lt;empty&gt;
    INSTANCEDIR:                   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
    INSTANCEID:                    MSSQLSERVER
    INSTANCENAME:                  MSSQLSERVER
    ISSVCACCOUNT:                  ****
    ISSVCPASSWORD:                 *****
    ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
    MATRIXCMBRICKCOMMPORT:         0
    MATRIXCMSERVERNAME:            &lt;empty&gt;
    MATRIXNAME:                    &lt;empty&gt;
    NPENABLED:                     0
    PID:                           *****
    QUIET:                         false
    QUIETSIMPLE:                   false
    ROLE:                          &lt;empty&gt;
    RSINSTALLMODE:                 DefaultNativeMode
    RSSHPINSTALLMODE:              DefaultSharePointMode
    RSSVCACCOUNT:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    RSSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
    SAPWD:                         *****
    SECURITYMODE:                  SQL
    SQLBACKUPDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLCOLLATION:                  ****
    SQLSVCACCOUNT:                 ****
    SQLSVCPASSWORD:                *****
    SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Automatic
    SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS:           ****
    SQLTEMPDBDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR:               &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLUSERDBDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:               &lt;empty&gt;
    SQMREPORTING:                  false
    TCPENABLED:                    1
    UIMODE:                        Normal
    UpdateEnabled:                 true
    UpdateSource:                  MU
    X86:                           false
  
    Configuration file:            C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20131018_144620\ConfigurationFile.ini
  
  Detailed results:
    Feature:                       Management Tools - Complete
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       Client Tools Connectivity
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       Client Tools SDK
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       Client Tools Backwards Compatibility
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       Management Tools - Basic
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Server Data Tools
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       Database Engine Services
    Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
    Reason for failure:            An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
    Next Step:                     Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
    Component name:                SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
    Component error code:          0x84BB0001
    Error description:             Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
    Error help link:               http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=11.0.3128.0&amp;EvtType=0x6121810A%400x92D13C14&amp;EvtType=0x6121810A%400x92D13C14
  
    Feature:                       SQL Server Replication
    Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
    Reason for failure:            An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
    Next Step:                     Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
    Component name:                SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
    Component error code:          0x84BB0001
    Error description:             Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
    Error help link:               http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=11.0.3128.0&amp;EvtType=0x6121810A%400x92D13C14&amp;EvtType=0x6121810A%400x92D13C14
  
    Feature:                       Integration Services
    Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
    Reason for failure:            An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
    Next Step:                     Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
    Component name:                SQL Server Integration Services
    Component error code:          0x84BB0001
    Error description:             SSIS setup exception
    Error help link:               http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=11.0.3128.0&amp;EvtType=0x6121810A%400x92D13C14&amp;EvtType=0x6121810A%400x92D13C14
  
    Feature:                       SQL Browser
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       Documentation Components
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Writer
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Client Connectivity
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Client Connectivity SDK
    Status:                        Passed
  
  Rules with failures:
  
  Global rules:
  
  Scenario specific rules:
  
  Rules report file:               C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20131018_144620\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm
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