Hi everybody, due to this being my first post I thought it proper to introduce myself to the forum. Unfortunately it's with this failed installation. The process lasted about five hours after which I got this fail to install message: We're sorry. The following components have failed to install...

I have spend at least 6 hrs trying to install SQL Server 2008. I am not one to give up. But, I am exhausted trying to figure it out. I have read the pre-requisites and I think I am good to go. I do not know what my problem is. Can anybody please help me here? Here is the last few lines of my log file...