I Just installed SharePoint on my machine now and I got two consecutive errors the first one was
Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel
An exception of type System.IO.FileNotFoundException was thrown. Additional exception information: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35′ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
and the fix was to install this package
Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu
From the URL
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17331
and the second problem was
Failed to call GetTypes on assembly Microsoft.Office.Server.Search
An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException was thrown. Additional exception information: Failed to call GetTypes on assembly Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c. Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.DataVisualization, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
and the fix was
Install this (MS Char component)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=122517
