Windows 10 and SQL Server 2016 Installation

If SQL Server 2016 is giving errors when attempting to install on Windows 10 (relating to C runtime, etc.), you might find some Google articles that recommend running SFC /scannow, then when that faults out on a message relating to the service not running, you run:

net start trustedinstaller

or similar, only to find it’s already started. Just reboot your machine. That might be all it takes. I spent 4 hours working on this, consulted logs, tech sites, etc., only to find the only missing component was a reboot for some update or install that didn’t finish. YMMV, but with Windows, rebooting probably can’t hurt. Uptime on Linux: 8 months+ without a reboot. Uptime on Windows: better reboot when you get a chance. Uptime on Mac: could go either way. I run all 3 configuration, not a phanboi of any.