Sharepoint 2013 sample data error at step:8

Error:


An exception of type System.ServiceModel.ServerTooBusyException was thrown.  Additional exception information: The HTTP service located at http://localhost:32843/securityTokenServiceAppication/Securitytoken.svc is unavailable

Fix:

Open IIS manager - go to application pool - recycle the SecurityTokenServiceApplicationPool

Sharepoint 2010/2013 product configuration wizard - failed to register sharepoint services error

Error

After installing SharePoint 2013 and while running SharePoint product configuration wizard, you may encounter a “Failed to register SharePoint Services” error on Step: 5

Log:

Log might be something similar to :

9/30/2014 19:16:57 8 ERR Failed to register SharePoint services. An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. Additional exception information: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. at Microsoft.Office.HtmlTrans.HtmlTrServiceDeserializationSecurityHelper.EnsureAcknowledgedRunningOnAppServer(Boolean registryKeyLookupResult, ULSCat serviceCategory, Boolean hasExceptionMessage) at

Fix:

You can easily fix this issue by adding a couple of registry entries.

Steps:

Go to regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\{version}\LauncherSettings

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\{version}\LoadBalancerSettings

Add Dword (32 bit) value 

Name: AcknowledgedRunningOnAppServer

Value: 1

After adding the DWord entries try to re run the configuration wizard and everything will be alright J