Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and 2008 R2) is not supported on this version of Windows

Question

In a sharepoint wfe server i saw below error many times why i get this error and how to solve this . sharepoint wfe server O/S: windows server 2012 R2

database : sql server 2012 

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-ApplicationExperienceInfrastructure
Date:          9/22/2015 11:10:30 AM
Event ID:      1
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      
User:          NETWORK SERVICE
Computer:      Xxx.xxxportal.com
Description:
The application (Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and 2008 R2), from vendor Microsoft) has the following problem: Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and 2008 R2) is not supported on this version of Windows. For more information, contact Microsoft.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-ApplicationExperienceInfrastructure"    <EventID>1</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>2</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-09-22T08:10:30.441883600Z" />
    <EventRecordID>62612</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="1272" ThreadID="1276" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Xxx.xxxportal.com</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-20" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="DBType">15</Data>
    <Data Name="AppNameCount">40</Data>
    <Data Name="AppName">Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and 2008 R2)</Data>
    <Data Name="VendorNameCount">10</Data>
    <Data Name="VendorName">Microsoft</Data>
    <Data Name="SummaryCount">126</Data>
    <Data Name="Summary">Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and 2008 R2) is not supported on this version of Windows. For more information, contact Microsoft.</Data>
    <Data Name="SessionID">0</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Answer 1

Please make sure you SQL server version should be that min level.

For SQL Server 2008 R2 You must apply SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 or a later update. For more information, see How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2.

For SQL Server 2008 You must apply SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 or a later update.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2681562

Another thing, you can try to run the SQL Server 2008 R2 BPA Information to check it.

Anything install on the WFE other than sharePoint? any sql or dirsync etc?