SQL 2008 Express Installation stops with the error Performance counter registry hive consistency

NO useful help on Microsoft pages.  This solution worked

1. My exe file was SQLManagementStudio_x86_ENU.exe
2. In command line typed in the below line and hit enter

C:\Projects\Installer\SQL Server 2008 Management Studio\SQLManagementStudio_x86_ENU.exe /ACTION=install /SKIPRULES=PerfMonCounterNotCorruptedCheck

(Note : i had the exe in this location of my machine C:\Projects\Installer\SQL Server 2008 Management Studio)

1. SQL Server installation started and this time it skipped the rule for Perf counter registry values. The installation was successful.

Using Win 8.1 trying to install SQL 8 Express