SharePoint 2010 Enterprise installation on a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Machine

Successfully installed SharePoint 2010 Enterprise installation on a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Machine

 

User account not in sync with Active directory

 

We had few user accounts, which were added to the site in past but they left the organization. Now when they are back and there details are changed in active directory but similar account is used. It seems that the account is not updated automatically with SharePoint site.

 

Hence We followed below PowerShell commands to rectify the issue:

 

Get-SPUser –identity “Domainname\Account ID” -web http://yousitecollection | select *

 

It will show some output like below:

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UserLogin              : Domainname\Account ID

DisplayName            : User Display name

Name                   : user name

Email                  : user email

Notes                  :

LoginName              : Domainname\Account ID

Groups                 : {}

OwnedGroups            : {}

ID                     : 2914

Xml                    : <User ID=”2914″ Sid=”S-1-5-21-2077763542-2135228977-565468543-463992″ Name=”user name” LoginName=”Domainname\Account ID” Email=”user email” Notes=”" IsSiteAdmin=”False” IsDomainGroup=”False” Flags=”0″ />

RawSid                 : {1, 5, 0, 0…}

Sid                    : S-1-5-21-2077763542-2135228977-565468543-463992

IsSiteAdmin            : False

IsSiteAuditor          : False

IsDomainGroup          : False

IsApplicationPrincipal : False

RequireRequestToken    : False

AllowBrowseUserInfo    : True

Alerts                 : {}

UserToken              : Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUserToken

RegionalSettings       :

ParentWeb              : Indianapolis Facilities Management

Roles                  : {}

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Options 1

Run below command to sync the user from AD to the site collection

Set-SPUser –Identity USER_ID –SyncFromAD –Web http://SITECOLLECTIONURL

Options 2

Hence first remove the old account from the site collection by running the command:

Remove-SPUser -Identity Domainname\Account ID -Web http://yousitecollectionurl

 

After that add the user again on the site by search his fresh/new user account using address book.

How to find total number for incomplete surveys

While working on Surveys on SharePoint, the strange question that we generally face is that, the number of surveys is different than the total surveys shown in the list.

Mostly, the reason is “incomplete surveys”. Also, we are asked many times about the list of users that have the surveys in the incomplete or saved status but unfortunately there is no direct method in the SharePoint UI which allow you to see this.

Today we came across the same question where user has 4 survey count but in the list he doesn’t see any survey response and the mystery again is incomplete surveys but user posed the same question,  which users are these that have not completed the survey?

I worked on the issue and while moving through different forums, got the following SQL statement which can be run against the content database of the site collection and get the user name.

Select userdata.tp_author,
(Select tp_Title from UserInfo where UserInfo.tp_ID=userdata.tp_author and tp_siteID=’SiteID’) As UserName
from USERDATA
where tp_ListId like ‘LISTID’
and tp_level = 255
Now, SiteID and LISTID are the fields that needs to be inserted.

1.       For Site ID, Open Central administration -> application management->site administrators-> Select the site collection and Site ID is shown in the URL.
2.       For List ID, Open the List with Admin account, click on settings->target Audience settings. LIST ID is the in the URL like {LISTID}.

Query executed today returned very clear results like:
tp_author           UserName
406                  Michael David Howard
220                Peggy Shank
410               Raymond Arthur Haddas
407              Tyler Matthew Dickman

Changing SharePoint Site Access request email

In a SharePoint site collection, when you want to change site access request email on all levels of sites and subsites below it, then we can use below powershell script to achieve this easily:

Script :
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$content = Get-Content C:\scripts\owners.txt
foreach($tsite in $content)
{
$site = Get-SpSite $tsite
foreach($tempweb in $site.AllWebs)
{
if($tempweb.RequestAccessEnabled)
{ 
                $str = $tempweb.RequestAccessEmail.ToLower()
                if(($str -eq “Email Address old 1″) -or ($str -eq “Email Address Old 2″))
                {
                                $tempweb.RequestAccessEmail = “Email Address New”
                                $tempweb.Url | out-file C:\scripts\SiteEmailUpdate.txt -append -width 1000
                                Write-Host $tempweb.Url
                }
}

}
}
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SharePoint 2010: Removed account showing up on site

ISSUE:
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Once in a while you will find that in SharePoint 2010, when users go to there mysite and click on “Organization”, they can still see the users who are no longer reporting to them or left the organization.

RESOLUTION:
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- Browse your central admin site
- Go to “Application Management”
- Click on the “Manage Service Applications”
- Click on “User profile service” Application
- Now under the Central Administration  Manage Profile Service: User Profile Service, click on “Manage User Profiles”
- Once you get to the page http://<CA site url>/_layouts/ProfMngr.aspx, change the view to “Profiles Missing from Import”

- In the box “Find profiles” type the user account name and click “Find“[Note: You can get the user account name by going to mysite and clicking on the picture of the user, who is no longer there but still showing]
- Select the user account which comes up in search results and delete the account
- Now go to your mysite and you will find that the user is no longer showing under your “Organization” tab

The site collection containing this sandboxed solution has exceeded its daily resource usage quota.

ISSUE:

When ever i trying to activate a solution located at SharePoint site, i getting below error message:

Error
The site collection containing this sandboxed solution has exceeded its daily resource usage quota.

Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.

Correlation ID: 1364ec53-0c27-426a-b298-164267001df7

Date and Time: 7/31/2012 12:58:38 PM

 

RESOLUTION:

-I uploaded the same solution on a test site, newly created in SP2010 and tried to activate it but got the same error

 

- I checked the site resource quota on the server and found following information:

 

Limit maximum usage per day to:   0 points
Send warning e-mail when usage per day reaches:  0 points

 

- I checked the settings for other sites in the farm but they all has same settings

 

- I checked the settings in other farms and found that other farms has setting as mentioned below:

 

Limit maximum usage per day to:   300 points
Send warning e-mail when usage per day reaches:  100 points

 

- I checked the quota template settings for entire farm and found that it is different for other zone

 

- I updated all the site quota template consistent with other zones and checked the issue but it was still showing as 0 resource quota

 

- I restarted following service on the servers:

 

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Sandboxed Code Service

 

- I checked the issue but it was still not working

 

- I rebooted the servers in maintenance window and checked the issue but it was still showing the same data

 

- I changed the site quota template from current default template to a NEW QUOTA TEMPLATE and the site is now showing quota as follows

 

Your resource quota is 300 server resources. Solutions can consume resources and may be temporarily disabled if your resource usage exceeds your quota.

 

WOW! Finally the issue is fixed. Phew!!

 

Article:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/MS-SharePoint/A_10682-The-site-collection-containing-this-sandboxed-solution-has-exceeded-its-daily-resource-usage-quota.html

SharePoint 2013 installation Error

After installing SharePoint 2013 Preview, when i ran the wizard, it failed at step 2 with below error message:

Looked into the log files and got below error details:

08/02/2012 11:52:36  8  INF              Now joining to farm at server WIN-2ARGHTED13Q\SharePoint database SharePoint_Config_8b49bd77-3bfb-4666-9244-823acec4f182
08/02/2012 11:54:44  8  ERR              Task configdb has failed with an unknown exception
08/02/2012 11:54:44  8  ERR              Exception: System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported. —> Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Configuration.Commands.RegisterAFCacheHostCommand.BeginProcessing()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPVelocityPowerShellWrapper.RegisterCacheHost(String provider, String connectionString, String serviceAccount, Int32 cachePort, Int32 clusterPort, Int32 arbitrationPort, Int32 replicationPort, String hostName, UInt32 cacheSizeInMB)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigHelper.CreateSPDistributedCacheHost(SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigStorageLocation cacheConfigStorageLocation, SPDistributedCacheHostInfo cacheHostInfo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.CreateFirstCacheHostAndCaches(String hostName, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost(String hostName, Boolean bNewCluster, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.<EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost>b__0()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.RunWithRetries[T](Int32 maxAttempts, CodeToRunWithRetries codeToRunWithRetries)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join(Boolean skipRegisterAsDistributedCacheHost)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

08/02/2012 11:54:44  8  ERR              An exception of type System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported. —> Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Configuration.Commands.RegisterAFCacheHostCommand.BeginProcessing()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPVelocityPowerShellWrapper.RegisterCacheHost(String provider, String connectionString, String serviceAccount, Int32 cachePort, Int32 clusterPort, Int32 arbitrationPort, Int32 replicationPort, String hostName, UInt32 cacheSizeInMB)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigHelper.CreateSPDistributedCacheHost(SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigStorageLocation cacheConfigStorageLocation, SPDistributedCacheHostInfo cacheHostInfo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.CreateFirstCacheHostAndCaches(String hostName, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost(String hostName, Boolean bNewCluster, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.<EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost>b__0()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.RunWithRetries[T](Int32 maxAttempts, CodeToRunWithRetries codeToRunWithRetries)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join(Boolean skipRegisterAsDistributedCacheHost)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

08/02/2012 11:54:44  8  INF                friendlyMessage for task configdb is An exception of type System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
08/02/2012 11:54:44  8  INF                debugMessage for task configdb is An exception of type System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported. —> Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Configuration.Commands.RegisterAFCacheHostCommand.BeginProcessing()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPVelocityPowerShellWrapper.RegisterCacheHost(String provider, String connectionString, String serviceAccount, Int32 cachePort, Int32 clusterPort, Int32 arbitrationPort, Int32 replicationPort, String hostName, UInt32 cacheSizeInMB)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigHelper.CreateSPDistributedCacheHost(SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigStorageLocation cacheConfigStorageLocation, SPDistributedCacheHostInfo cacheHostInfo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.CreateFirstCacheHostAndCaches(String hostName, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost(String hostName, Boolean bNewCluster, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.<EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost>b__0()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.RunWithRetries[T](Int32 maxAttempts, CodeToRunWithRetries codeToRunWithRetries)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join(Boolean skipRegisterAsDistributedCacheHost)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

08/02/2012 11:54:44  6  ERR            Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported. —> Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Configuration.Commands.RegisterAFCacheHostCommand.BeginProcessing()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPVelocityPowerShellWrapper.RegisterCacheHost(String provider, String connectionString, String serviceAccount, Int32 cachePort, Int32 clusterPort, Int32 arbitrationPort, Int32 replicationPort, String hostName, UInt32 cacheSizeInMB)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigHelper.CreateSPDistributedCacheHost(SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigStorageLocation cacheConfigStorageLocation, SPDistributedCacheHostInfo cacheHostInfo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.CreateFirstCacheHostAndCaches(String hostName, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost(String hostName, Boolean bNewCluster, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.<EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost>b__0()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.RunWithRetries[T](Int32 maxAttempts, CodeToRunWithRetries codeToRunWithRetries)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join(Boolean skipRegisterAsDistributedCacheHost)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

Checked the event viewer–Application Log,

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-RPC-Events
Date:          8/2/2012 11:54:39 AM
Event ID:      11
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q
Description:
Possible Memory Leak.  Application (C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k apphost) (PID: 1044) has passed a non-NULL pointer to RPC for an [out] parameter marked [allocate(all_nodes)].  [allocate(all_nodes)] parameters are always reallocated; if the original pointer contained the address of valid memory, that memory will be leaked.  The call originated on the interface with UUID ({12345778-1234-abcd-ef00-0123456789ab}), Method number (95).  User Action: Contact your application vendor for an updated version of the application.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”Microsoft-Windows-RPC-Events” Guid=”{F4AED7C7-A898-4627-B053-44A7CAA12FCD}” />
<EventID>11</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0×8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-02T18:54:39.921875000Z” />
<EventRecordID>1061</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID=”1044″ ThreadID=”2924″ />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q</Computer>
<Security UserID=”S-1-5-18″ />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name=”ApplicationName”>C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k apphost</Data>
<Data Name=”ProcessId”>1044</Data>
<Data Name=”InterfaceId”>{12345778-1234-ABCD-EF00-0123456789AB}</Data>
<Data Name=”Method”>95</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard
Date:          8/2/2012 11:54:44 AM
Event ID:      104
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q
Description:
Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported. —> Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode<NonDomainNWService>:SubStatus<ES0001>:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Configuration.Commands.RegisterAFCacheHostCommand.BeginProcessing()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPVelocityPowerShellWrapper.RegisterCacheHost(String provider, String connectionString, String serviceAccount, Int32 cachePort, Int32 clusterPort, Int32 arbitrationPort, Int32 replicationPort, String hostName, UInt32 cacheSizeInMB)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigHelper.CreateSPDistributedCacheHost(SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigStorageLocation cacheConfigStorageLocation, SPDistributedCacheHostInfo cacheHostInfo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.CreateFirstCacheHostAndCaches(String hostName, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost(String hostName, Boolean bNewCluster, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.<EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost>b__0()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.RunWithRetries[T](Int32 maxAttempts, CodeToRunWithRetries codeToRunWithRetries)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join(Boolean skipRegisterAsDistributedCacheHost)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard” />
<EventID Qualifiers=”0″>104</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0×80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-02T18:54:44.000000000Z” />
<EventRecordID>1062</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: ErrorCode&lt;NonDomainNWService&gt;:SubStatus&lt;ES0001&gt;:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: ErrorCode&lt;NonDomainNWService&gt;:SubStatus&lt;ES0001&gt;:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported. —&gt; Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode&lt;NonDomainNWService&gt;:SubStatus&lt;ES0001&gt;:Service running under Network Service account in workgroup environment is not supported.
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Configuration.Commands.RegisterAFCacheHostCommand.BeginProcessing()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPVelocityPowerShellWrapper.RegisterCacheHost(String provider, String connectionString, String serviceAccount, Int32 cachePort, Int32 clusterPort, Int32 arbitrationPort, Int32 replicationPort, String hostName, UInt32 cacheSizeInMB)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigHelper.CreateSPDistributedCacheHost(SPDistributedCacheClusterConfigStorageLocation cacheConfigStorageLocation, SPDistributedCacheHostInfo cacheHostInfo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.CreateFirstCacheHostAndCaches(String hostName, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheClusterInfo.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost(String hostName, Boolean bNewCluster, String serviceAccount)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.&lt;EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost&gt;b__0()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.RunWithRetries[T](Int32 maxAttempts, CodeToRunWithRetries codeToRunWithRetries)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities.SPDistributedCacheService.EnsureSPDistributedCacheHost()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join(Boolean skipRegisterAsDistributedCacheHost)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard
Date:          8/2/2012 11:54:44 AM
Event ID:      100
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q
Description:
Configuration of SharePoint Products failed.  Configuration must be performed in order for this product to operate properly.  To diagnose the problem, review the extended error information located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_8_2_2012_11_47_46_781_2089325624.log, fix the problem, and run this configuration wizard again.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard” />
<EventID Qualifiers=”0″>100</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0×80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-02T18:54:44.000000000Z” />
<EventRecordID>1063</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Configuration of SharePoint Products failed.  Configuration must be performed in order for this product to operate properly.  To diagnose the problem, review the extended error information located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_8_2_2012_11_47_46_781_2089325624.log, fix the problem, and run this configuration wizard again.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

UPDATE: (04-August-2012)

++++++++++++++++++++++

Today i installed Active Directory on a different server and created a new user account.

Joined my newly created SharePoint 2013 to the domain.

Made the new user account as local administrator on the SharePoint 2013 machine

Logged into the machine using the new account.

Ran the SharePoint Configuration wizard and WOW!!!!!

It get passed step 2 of installation error while creating configuration database:

Now to my luck it again failed at step 8 of 10 today and below are the details:

08/04/2012 22:47:54  28  ERR                  Task evalprovision has failed with an unknown exception
08/04/2012 22:47:54  28  ERR                  Exception: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerUserKey, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactUserKey, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMajor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMinor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionBuild, Int32 iDatabaseVersionRevision, String bstrSiteSchemaVersion)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName, Boolean overrideCompatibilityRestriction)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning.SharedEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.EvalProvision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

08/04/2012 22:47:55  28  ERR                  An exception of type System.UnauthorizedAccessException was thrown.  Additional exception information: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerUserKey, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactUserKey, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMajor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMinor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionBuild, Int32 iDatabaseVersionRevision, String bstrSiteSchemaVersion)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName, Boolean overrideCompatibilityRestriction)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning.SharedEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.EvalProvision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

08/04/2012 22:47:55  28  INF                    debugMessage for task evalprovision is An exception of type System.UnauthorizedAccessException was thrown.  Additional exception information: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerUserKey, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactUserKey, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMajor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMinor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionBuild, Int32 iDatabaseVersionRevision, String bstrSiteSchemaVersion)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName, Boolean overrideCompatibilityRestriction)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning.SharedEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.EvalProvision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

08/04/2012 22:47:55  7  ERR                Failed to create sample data.
An exception of type System.UnauthorizedAccessException was thrown.  Additional exception information: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerUserKey, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactUserKey, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMajor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMinor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionBuild, Int32 iDatabaseVersionRevision, String bstrSiteSchemaVersion)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName, Boolean overrideCompatibilityRestriction)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning.SharedEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.EvalProvision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

Event Viewer–Application Log

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date:          8/4/2012 10:47:04 PM
Event ID:      8306
Task Category: Claims Authentication
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          CONTOSO\sp2013admin
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com
Description:
An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The request channel timed out while waiting for a reply after 00:00:37.1284567. Increase the timeout value passed to the call to Request or increase the SendTimeout value on the Binding. The time allotted to this operation may have been a portion of a longer timeout..
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation” Guid=”{6FB7E0CD-52E7-47DD-997A-241563931FC2}” />
<EventID>8306</EventID>
<Version>15</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>47</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0×4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-04T17:17:04.979675200Z” />
<EventRecordID>1567</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID=”944″ ThreadID=”4824″ />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com</Computer>
<Security UserID=”S-1-5-21-4031568196-1862806343-1415649440-1106″ />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name=”string0″>The request channel timed out while waiting for a reply after 00:00:37.1284567. Increase the timeout value passed to the call to Request or increase the SendTimeout value on the Binding. The time allotted to this operation may have been a portion of a longer timeout.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date:          8/4/2012 10:47:54 PM
Event ID:      6141
Task Category: Topology
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          CONTOSO\sp2013admin
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com
Description:
The site / could not be created.  The following exception occurred: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied..
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation” Guid=”{6FB7E0CD-52E7-47DD-997A-241563931FC2}” />
<EventID>6141</EventID>
<Version>15</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>13</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0×4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-04T17:17:54.139707100Z” />
<EventRecordID>1568</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID=”944″ ThreadID=”4824″ />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com</Computer>
<Security UserID=”S-1-5-21-4031568196-1862806343-1415649440-1106″ />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name=”string0″>/</Data>
<Data Name=”string1″>&lt;nativehr&gt;0×80070005&lt;/nativehr&gt;&lt;nativestack&gt;&lt;/nativestack&gt;Access denied.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard
Date:          8/4/2012 10:47:55 PM
Event ID:      104
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com
Description:
Failed to create sample data.
An exception of type System.UnauthorizedAccessException was thrown.  Additional exception information: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: <nativehr>0×80070005</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Access denied.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerUserKey, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactUserKey, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMajor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMinor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionBuild, Int32 iDatabaseVersionRevision, String bstrSiteSchemaVersion)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName, Boolean overrideCompatibilityRestriction)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning.SharedEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.EvalProvision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard” />
<EventID Qualifiers=”0″>104</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0×80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-04T17:17:55.000000000Z” />
<EventRecordID>1569</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Failed to create sample data.
An exception of type System.UnauthorizedAccessException was thrown.  Additional exception information: &lt;nativehr&gt;0×80070005&lt;/nativehr&gt;&lt;nativestack&gt;&lt;/nativestack&gt;Access denied.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: &lt;nativehr&gt;0×80070005&lt;/nativehr&gt;&lt;nativestack&gt;&lt;/nativestack&gt;Access denied.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerUserKey, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactUserKey, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMajor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionMinor, Int32 iDatabaseVersionBuild, Int32 iDatabaseVersionRevision, String bstrSiteSchemaVersion)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName, Boolean overrideCompatibilityRestriction)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPSiteSubscription siteSubscription, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, Int32 compatibilityLevel, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning.SharedEvaluatorModeProvisioner.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.EvalProvision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.EvalModeProvisionTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard
Date:          8/4/2012 10:47:55 PM
Event ID:      100
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com
Description:
Configuration of SharePoint Products failed.  Configuration must be performed in order for this product to operate properly.  To diagnose the problem, review the extended error information located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_8_4_2012_22_33_44_561_1603703389.log, fix the problem, and run this configuration wizard again.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name=”SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard” />
<EventID Qualifiers=”0″>100</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0×80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=”2012-08-04T17:17:55.000000000Z” />
<EventRecordID>1570</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>WIN-2ARGHTED13Q.Contoso.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Configuration of SharePoint Products failed.  Configuration must be performed in order for this product to operate properly.  To diagnose the problem, review the extended error information located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_8_4_2012_22_33_44_561_1603703389.log, fix the problem, and run this configuration wizard again.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

UPDATE: (14-August-2012)

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gave sysadmin permission to system account
ran the wizard, it failed
deleted the existing database from SQL
ran the wizard again, it failed

<<Will update the progress>>