System restart from previous installation or update is pending

Today while installing Sharepoint 2013 Foundation in our web server I faced an error which says: 
System restart from previous installation or update is pending. Restart your computer and run setup to contiue.

I tried restarting but it didn't work and I understood that it's a trap so started what I am good at "Googling" for solution. Here it is:

• Open the Registry editor (run > regedit)
• Navigate to this path “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager“
• Rename the “PendingFileRenameOperations” value to “OldPendingFileRenameOperations“

Note: Don't reboot your machine after this registry hack because if you do then it will again create a key named "PendingFileRenameOperations" and you will be stuck in this vicious circle.

Credit: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/f29b066e-9cd5-4a71-9db1-77ba01e40173/a-system-restart-from-a-previous-installation-or-update-is-pending?forum=sharepointadmin

Install Sharepoint on non server machine

If you want to install Sharepoint on a non server OS i.e. Windows 7, Windows 8 then you can use below mentioned methods:

Sources:
http://www.disruptivei.com/Blogg/Inl%C3%A4gg/6/Install-SharePoint-2013-on-Windows-7-8-8-1

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/155805/Install-Sharepoint-2010-in-a-non-Server-OS