I was trying to update this post, not create a new one.

So I found the first error in my efforts was the Default server name, I kept changing it,  by leaving it to SQLExpress i am able to get further in the Install process, but still will not propagate for me.

But anyway I have made some progress on ERROR.  After a bunch of restarts, It keeps boiling down to :::

No valid default database connection detected. Standard Database setup option is unavailable

How ever I can login in management studio with same credentials??    I now have like 5 different SQL Express installs, not sure if that matters?

I did a fresh install on a secondary device and EVERYTHING worked as it should.  I am following same steps on both machines.   Except this testing one is no good for development, and my dev box has like 4 instances of visual studio and like 4-6 instances of SQLExpress all running and connectable simultaneously in mngtstudio.   Here is the breakdown of what I see first this::

Then couple seconds::

This is 90% of the reason I been doing EVERYTHING in JSON for the last year, I hate this stuff, would prefer to be working on my project not bashing head into wall.  Any one got an idea what I am doing wrong,  or what settings I screwed up??    The only difference between  this machine and the working one is CPU & the other machine is a clean windows 8 pro  this is an upgraded to win10 and this machine actually has a CPU.  I really doubt it is an issue with windows 10,  but is the only thing standing out to me. 

Any Details I forgot to provide let me know ill dig em up...   This one has got me  :(  2 weeks wasted so far being baffled

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~Luke