SQL Server 2012 prerequisite fix

I was just reviewing the changes for SQL Server 2012 SP2 and there is cause for much rejoicing!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2820068

This ONLY works for SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server 2014.
On your command line for these packages, add the following parameter: “/SkipInstallerRunCheck

I have not tested this but it was this issue that caused me to move to using the Suite Package for deploying all of our prerequisites. However, with this fixed, all of the work should be able to be done using the basic MSI again, just as we all did using SQL Server 2005.

Hey there fellow installers, for a few years we have been plagued with a problem using SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 where if we included it as a prerequisite in a MSI project, that the SQL Server package will hang.I was just reviewing the changes for SQL Server 2012 SP2 and there is cause for much rejoicing!This ONLY works for SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server 2014.On your command line for these packages, add the following parameter: “I have not tested this but it was this issue that caused me to move to using the Suite Package for deploying all of our prerequisites. However, with this fixed, all of the work should be able to be done using the basic MSI again, just as we all did using SQL Server 2005.