Kudikai (12/3/2012)

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We ran into a similar problem when installing SQL 2012 on a Server 2012 VMWare ESXi 5.x host. The audit policy was our first thought and with enterprise...

Try the solution posted two threads or so below yours, should resolve your problem.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1300021-2799-2.aspx