Thanks, inspired by your reply I tried the following on my Windows 7 computer. What am i doing wrong?
Needs["RLink`"];
SetEnvironment["LD_LIBRARY_PATH" -> "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-3.0.3"]
InstallR["RHomeLocation" -> "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-3.0.3"]
InstallR::fail: Failed to install R. The following error was encountered: Unable to load dynamic libraries >> tried the following on