Server 2012 RTM Remote Desktop Connection Broker Role Won't Install

Hey guys,
I have been searching for and trying fixes for this for 3 days, and I've gotten no where. Thanks in advance for trying to help me out.
Here's the situation:
I have a brand new installation of the Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 64-Bit RTM from MSDN. This is my one and only server (just my personal one for home), so I'm using this single server to run all of the services that I need. After a fresh
installation, I added the AD and DNS roles and promoted the server to the PDC. Then I go to add the Remote Desktop Virtualization Services (the VM virtualization role). The installation fails, but I can't find any explanation as to why.
I've wiped out the OS and reinstalled from scratch at leat 15 times, trying various combinations, fixes, approaches, etc. including powershell, Remote Desktop Services Deployment, standard role-based deployment, etc.
Using the role-based deployment, I can get every 'Remote Desktop Services' component to install except the Remote Desktop Connection Broker. I've tried enabling RDMSUI_TRACING, but didn't get any information at all as to why it's failing. I also
cannot find RDMSDeploymentUI.txt log.
I've also tried to deploy this using Powershell using this command:
New-SessionDeployment [-ConnectionBroker] <string> [-WebAccessServer] <string> [-SessionHost] <string>
That particular item does provide some error messages, but they seem to complain about the Session Host not being able to install due to not being able to find the connection string key in the registry for the Windows Internal Database. However, I can
get the session host and every other component to install using role-based deployment, except the Connection Broker.
I've run an SFC scan, which found no issues. I've also tried applying the one update available in Microsoft Update, and tried it without applying that update (reinstalling between attempts of course).
I'm completely at a loss. Has anyone encountered this before? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Is there a powershell command for just installing the Connection Broker that might provide some additional error information, or any
information at all?
I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could offer. I'm willing to try anything. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Sincerely,
Dominick

Also Found this:
1. You try to install the Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RDCB) on a server that also has the Active Directory Domain Server (domain
controller) role installed. This configuration is not supported by Microsoft. You need to install the RDCB on a server that does not have this role installed. See: Remote Desktop Services role cannot co-exist with AD DS role on Windows Server 2012 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2799605
2. If you don’t have the Active Directory Domain Service install, this issue might be caused by the Windows internal database (WID) that
the connection broker installs and the Windows Update KB2821895. If you have KB2821895 installed, unfortunately you can not uninstall this KB. Try to install the Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RDBC) role on a server that does not have this Windows update.
Note: There is currently no official communication from Microsoft that here is an issue with RDBC and KB2821895. However, try the RDBC installation
without this KB and see what happens.
For more information, Refer below link...
http://fabrikam.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/connection-broker-installation-failedremote-desktop-deployment-issues/

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