>>Easy enough to miss. I only knew because my boss had been asking about it, so I had to track down the date.
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>>>Ooops - didn't realize Sql 2012 actually shipped already :-)
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>BTW, after many struggles I've been able to install SQL Server 2012 successfully.

Cool ;-) I'm glad it worked out. This is one of the few times I can remember when it really was a bug in the product.