Installing/Enabling .Net 3.5 SP1 on Windows 2008 R2 for SQL Server 2008 R2/SQL Server 2012 RC0 Install

A junior team member ran into this issue so thought it was worth a post. While installing SQL Server 2012 RC0 on a new VM of Windows Server 2008 R2, it complained about installing or enabling .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 which is a pre-requisite for the SQL Server install. Here are the steps to validate

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