Issue Alerts:
Critical: Do NOT delete files from the Windows Installer folder.
C:\windows\Installer is not a temporary folder and files in it should not be deleted.
If you do it on machines on which you have SQL Server installed, then you may have to rebuild the operating system and to reinstall SQL Server.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2013/04/30/do-not-delete-files-from-the-windows-installer-folder.aspx
Critical: Please be aware of a critical Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 runtime pre-requisite update that may be required on machines where SQL Server 2016 will be, or has been, installed.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlcat/2016/07/28/installing-sql-server-2016-rtm-you-must-do-this/
If KB3164398 or KB3138367 are installed, then no further action is necessary.
To check, run the following from a command prompt:
powershell get-hotfix KB3164398
powershell get-hotfix KB3138367
If the version of %SystemRoot%\system32\msvcr120.dll is 12.0.40649.5 or later, then no further action is necessary. To check, run the following from a command prompt:
powershell “get-item %systemroot%\system32\msvcr120.dll | select versioninfo | fl”
