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 Sharepoint Configuration Error Very Strange
I get the following error after I installed Sharepoint 2007 on a front end server pointing to sql server 2008 (both machines are servr 2008) Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Xml.XmlException was thrown. Additional exception information: 'en' is an unexpected token. Expecting white space. Line 1, position 13856. System.Xml.XmlException: 'en' is an unexpected token. Expecting white space. Line 1, position 13856. Can anyone help?

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UPDATED: July 28, 2009  2:43 PM

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I am having a similar issue although my error is this, same setup though

Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type System.Xml.XmlException was thrown. Additional exception information: ‘㌀’ is an unexpected token. The expected token is ‘=’. Line 1, position 568.
System.Xml.XmlException: ‘㌀’ is an unexpected token. The expected token is ‘=’. Line 1, position 568.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.GetObject(Guid id, Guid parentId, Guid type, String name, SPObjectStatus status, Byte[] versionBuffer, String xml)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.FetchObject(Guid id)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.GetObject(Guid id, Boolean checkInMemoryCache)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.GetObject(Guid id)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.GetObject(String name, Guid parentId, Type type)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.get_Farm()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObject.get_Farm()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObject.Update()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServer.Update()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.RegisterDefaultDatabaseServices(SqlConnectionStringBuilder connectionString)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.Provision(SqlConnectionStringBuilder connectionString)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

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