I got the below error during Sharepoint 2013 configuration in Standalone mode on a Windows Server 2012. SharePoint 2013 Installation was successful. This happened while the configuration wizard was running and I think it was on step 8, the configuration failed and I got the below error.
Configuration Failed
One or more configuration settings failed. Completed configuration settings will not be rolled back. Resolve the problem and run this configuration wizard again. The following contains detailed information about the failure:
Failed to create sample data.
An exception of type System.ArgumentException was thrown. Additional exception information: The SDDL string contains an invalid sid or sid that cannot be translated.
Parameter name: sddlForm
To diagnose the problem, review the application event log and the configuration log file located at:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics %%%%%%%%.log
How to fix this
1) Check if the account used for installing SharePoint 2013 has dbcreator and security admin permission in SQL Server.
2) Browse to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Data\Office Server" and find the folder that starts with Analytics_GUID.
3) Right-click -> Properties ->Sharing ->Advanced Sharing. Check the "Share this folder' check box and click on Permissions.
4) Granted full access to everyone.
5) Added WSS_ADMIN_WPG to the sharing with full access.
6) Ran the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard again and this completed successfully.
