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Windows Sharepoint Services failed to create the configuration database System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException

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James, Andrew Fryer (new SQL/BI Evangelist) and I were helping a charity to implement some infrastructure yesterday when we encountered the following error:

"Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException was thrown."

At the time we were installing Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 which is a free download for Windows Server 2003.

The main installation itself worked perfectly well but the automated configuration system failed to create the database.

I searched the Internet seeking an answer to the problem. As is sometimes the case I found other people reporting the same problem but couldn't find the answer.

We persevered and found that removing a program named "Windows Internal Database" via "Add/Remove Programs" after de-installing Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 (by re-running the install program) and going for a clean install and taking the "Basic" option instead of "Advanced" as we'd tried previously resolved the problem.

Having overcome the problem we went on to use Sharepoint Services in conjunction with Windows Server 2003's Internet Information Server (IIS) and Active Directory (AD) to host a series of websites - one per user - that they could use to easily host their own content. We created an account in the AD Domain for each user and set the website permissions such that only the appropriate users could access the content.

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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Matt> I'm delighted to hear it.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    That's easy - Windows SharePoint Services is a free download for Windows Server 2003, Office Sharepoint

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2007
    There is hotfix for this problem which needs to be requested. Check out KB934790 to see if it relates to your problem.

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2007
    Thanks so much. Your suggestion worked perfectly for me. Much appreciated!