BizTalk Server Configuration failing to create group - biztalk

I'm trying to configure a BizTalk server in BizTalk Server 2013 R2. I'm using Windows 10 and a local DB.
I can create the Enterprise SSO and the Business Rule Engine but not the BizTalk Server Group and the BizTalk Runtime.
It gives me the following error:
Failed to read "Software\Microsoft\BizTalk Server\3.0\Administration" from the registry.
The network path was not found.
I've tried everything I could imagine, any ideas as why I can't create the group?
EDIT: After trying everything I could imagine, the problem was in the name of my machine that was too big. Because of that, BizTalk could not write in the registry.

BizTalk Server 2013 R2 is not supported on Windows 10.
You can look this up in the official BizTalk Server documentation, which you can find here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj248697.aspx
Supported for BizTalk Server 2013 R2 are: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1.
Windows 10 is not supported.

After trying everything I've searched on the web, I finally managed to solved the problem.
Because my machine name was too long (15 characters), BizTalk could not edit the registry. After changing it to 4 characters long, I solved the problem and I was able configure the server.

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Visual Studio 19 not recognising SQL Server 2012 for ASP.NET

I want to run an ASP.NET project on VS 19 but whenever I open it, it shows an error dialog box that “this project requires SQL Server 2012 which is not installed on this computer” - but SQL Server 2012 is installed with all services running.
And database cannot be created showing an error
A network related or instance specific error
I guess Visual Studio 19 is somehow not recognising SQL Server 2012 services and I can't figure out how to fix it.
Also tried to disable firewall and enable all TCP/UDP Connections but of no use, kindly help as it's very frustrating.
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Installing SQL Express LocalDB helped me solve the problem, i thought i had it installed from the SQL Express tools available Microsoft SQL Download, but the SQL Express LocalDB was missing. It sounds stupid, but it is what it is, hope it helps anyone else.

Is BizTalk Server 2010 supported by Windows 10?

I'm unable to find anywhere online where it states that BizTalk Server 2010 is supported/not supported fully by Windows 10.
No, not even BizTalk 2013 R2 is supported on Windows 10 as can be seen at Summary of 64-bit support, operating systems and SQL Server versions supported by BizTalk Server and also
Hardware and Software Requirements for BizTalk Server 2013 and 2013 R2 as it is not listed on either page as a supported operating system.
There is a related question about BizTalk 2013 R2 and windows 10 called BizTalk Server Configuration failing to create group. The conclusion for that is, yes you can run BizTalk 2013 R2 on Windows 10, but as per a answer and comments there it probably will not be supported by Microsoft for a Production environment and could break with updates and patches applied to the operating system.
No, not directly but that shouldn't matter because running BizTalk Server on any client OS is never the best option.
Yes, you can run BizTalk Server 2010 in a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM using Client Hyper-V. You need Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise but this would be the best way to do it even if the client OS supported it directly.

Oledb Issues while reading data from an Excel file in a website hosted on IIS 7

I have a website which will use OleDB.12.0 to read data from an Excel worksheet upon upload. It works fine on my local PC. But when hosted in my production server I get the following error.
microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0 is not registered on the local machine
How can I correct this?
My production server configuration:
MS Office 2007.
IIS 7
VS 2010
Windows 2008 R2
SQL Server2008
Does your production server have Access installed?
In any event, try installing/reinstalling Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable to the production server.
Update
Another point: is your production server running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows? Choose the download appropriately.
Update 2
From this link it appears that using the 64-bit version will cause trouble on a 32-bit system, but the 32-bit version will work.

I have SQL Server 2008 R2 installed, but I still can't run the project and open the database because "the server supports version 655 and earlier."

I have a database in my App_Data folder that was created using SQL Server 2008 R2.
When I try to view a page, I get this error message:
The database 'C:\My Projects\NCPA\APP_DATA\NCPA.MDF' cannot be opened
because it is version 661. This server supports version 655 and
earlier. A downgrade path is not supported.
Could not open new database 'C:\My Projects\NCPA\APP_DATA\NCPA.MDF'.
CREATE DATABASE is aborted.
An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file C:\My
Projects\NCPA\APP_DATA\NCPA.MDF failed. A database with the same name
exists, or specified file cannot be opened, or it is located on UNC
share.
Here's my connection string:
<add name="NCPA" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\NCPA.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
I have SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 installed on my computer. I've searched this problem all over, and everything says "You need R2", but I already have it.
I've also seen that I need to check the SQL Server instance name by going to Tools > Options > Database Tools > Data Connections, mine just says SQLEXPRESS. Is that right? Should it be something else?
What do I need to do here? Is there something that I might not have installed? Is there a setting in Visual Studio that I need to change? I feel like every solution I've found is so vague, or the solution is something I've already done.
EDIT: Here's what I have if I start up SQL Server, and go to Help > About:
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio - 10.50.1617.0
Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools - 10.50.1617.0
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) - 6.1.7600.16385
Microsoft MSXML - 3.0 4.0 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 9.0.8112.16421
Microsoft .NET Framework - 2.0.50727.4961
Operating System - 6.1.7600
While you may have installed SQL Server 2008 R2, are you sure you upgraded the instance you're using to R2?
Use the SQL Server Installation Center from your R2 media and the "Upgrade from SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, or SQL Server 2008" option to upgrade your SQLEXPRESS instance to R2.
My guess is that your code is trying to connect to the database instance that was install with Visual Studio 2010 instead of the SQL Server 2008 R2 instance that you have installed.
Are you really, really sure that the SQL Server you are trying to attach the database to is SQL Server 2008 R2?
Your error message says that your SQL Server only supports version 655, and everything I found concerning these version numbers said that version 655 is SQL Server 2008 (non-R2):
SQL Server: Attach incorrect version 661
SQL Server 2008 R2 bumps the database version
Cannot read SQL Server 2008 database - version increased to 661 from 655
If you really have SQL Server 2008 R2 and it still doesn't work, you'll probably have to re-install the server, like raym0nd said in the comment to his answer.
EDIT:
Steven, none of the numbers you posted is the "real" version number of your SQL Server.
You can find out the actual version number by running select ##version in a query window in Management Studio.
On my machine, Help --> About says Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio - 10.50.1617.0 like on your machine, but when I run select ##version I get this:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP1) - 10.0.2531.0 (X64) Mar 29 2009 10:11:52
Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Microsoft Corporation Express Edition (64-bit)
on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
And here comes the weird part:
I am 100% sure that I installed SQL Server 2008 R2 on my machine.
In fact, the SQL Server stuff in my start menu says "SQL Server 2008 R2" everywhere, and the Help --> About window that you mentioned has a huge SQL Server 2008 R2 logo as well.
But according to several lists that I just found, 10.0.2531.0 is SQL Server 2008 SP1.
So my installation seems somehow messed up as well.
Strange, very strange...
I encountered the similar issue, when trying to attache an .mdf files that was created on another machine running SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, to the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express on my machine..
I did install 2008 (non-R2) and then 2008 R2 on my machine.
After spending hours googling to find a solution, eventually unsuccessful, I simply decided to download the installer SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe from here and run it again, hoping it would solve (Windows 7 64 bit)
On the installation Wizard under Installation, I selected Upgrade from SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 and continued to press Next until it disappeared (Obviously you will have to wait until it finish processiong each step).
That's it. I was able to attach the same file..
Download and reinstall the new MS R2 SQL SERVER , When Microsoft updates something, it doenst support older versions most of the time.
Here what worked for me without trying any updates!
From Visual Studio --> Server Explorer --> Add New Connection
Change the data source to Microsoft SQL server
Server name : My computer's name or localhost
At the drop down list choose the database you want
Everything works fine! No updates and no 661 problems!

BizTalk Server BAM Portal on x64 Windows 2008/IIS 7.0

We are attempting to install BizTalk Server 2006 R2 on a fresh server with x64 Windows 2008. The basic configuration is complaining that the “Default Web Site” we select for the BAM Portal installation is not validated due to “IIS is not 32-bit enabled.” Despite setting the appPool (Classic mode) 32-bit property to True, BizTalk configuration wizard is still complaining.
Has anybody successfully installed BAM Portal in 64-bit IIS 7.0?
It looks like Microsoft’s official statement is Biztalk Server 2006 R2 with Windows 2008 is “not supported”. BizTalk Server 2009 is the one that is meant to be married to Windows 2008.
UPDATE, MOFE INFO
I should additionally comment that the process of setting up a multiple servers for a BizTalk Group requires configuration of network COM+ and DTC access, of which Windows 2008 interface of doing so differs from Windows 2003. In fact, I haven't found how to configure MSDTC in Windows 2008 as required by BizTalk 2006. Failing to properly configure this will prevent some of the databases from being created properly in a remote SQL Server due to transactional failure.
BizTalk 2006 R2 will not be supported on Windows 2008 and this will not change going forward, if you wish to get this configuration working you will need BizTalk 2009.
I've managed to install/configure BAM with no problems in W2008/x64.
What I can't seem to do is getting the BAM portal to work, however. Without x32 compat enabled in the app pool, I get an expected assembly loading error. With x32 app compat enabled, I just get blank pages in the web, even when adding a static .html page to the site.

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