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Sharepoint Installation on windows 7 problems

You can install SharePoint 2010 on your Windows 7 computer. In my attempt to install SharePoint 2010 on my laptop computer for development reasons, I ran into quite a few issues.  But I was determined. But guess what…  I was able to resolve it. The Problems! When installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7, even if you install all of its prerequisites that it says to install, you get one of these two errors: 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. -OR- An exception oftype 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