Sorry, I should have said the install will fail if the account running the install and the machine name (not the domain name) are the same.
I have not been able to find many references to this today, I am sure I got this information from a Microsoft posting. However, this shows the same problem: http://dotnetfish.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/error-is-not-valid-login-or-you-do-not.html
Original author: https://github.com/SQL-FineBuild/Common/wiki/ 1-click install and best practice configuration of SQL Server 2019, 2017 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005.
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