Having seen this error, I knew what I had to do but let me illustrate. The source files could not be downloaded. Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. Well, what do I know? It gave me an error too!Īdd-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
All I have to do is run the following from PowerShell: The requirement basically meant it needed. For more information on how to enable Windows features, see And here I am looking at install error instead!Įrror while enabling Windows feature : NetFx3, Error Code : -2146498298, Please try enabling Windows feature : NetFx3 from Windows management tools and then run setup again.
Going about my happy routine after clicking install, I expected install to complete when I returned a few hours later. While creating one of many Lync scenario labs, I chose to install SQL Server 2012 instead of my usual install of SQL 2008 on Windows Server 2012.
