I cannot get SQL Server 2012 to install the database engine

SQL Server 2012 installation on a standard Windows 2008 R2 server. It refuses to install the database engine or sql replication.

During the installation I got no errors saying that it wasn't installing. So what I did was I ran a repair on the installation and it still stated it would not install. I'm afraid to uninstall and reinstall due to DTC being installed and I don't really want this to boil down to me doing a full 2008 reinstall.

Here's a screenshot of the error I'm getting with this after attempting a repair :

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated I've been banging my head on this for the past few days.

Also any suggestions on doing an uninstall/reinstall if need be would be great. I'm under the impression that it will cause issues though.

SQL server 2012 installation is not supported through terminal services. It causes a lot of strange problems, and I experienced this same issue.

Microsoft states this in their prerequisites:

Link is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx

This document states:

The installation of SQL Server 2012 fails if you launch the setup through Terminal Services Client. Launching SQL Server Setup through Terminal Services Client is not supported.

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