Error: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Transactions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.

Recently, I was trouble shooting an error for my friend.  Despite having all the necessary framework and service packs installed, this error "Could not load file or assembly 'System.Transactions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest."  was surfacing, every time we tried connecting to a SQL Server instance using...Full Article.