MOSS Configuration Failed to create sample data. User cannot be found

Question

Looked all over the net for an answer to this; but it seems we are all asking the same question :( The wizard fails at point 8 in the installation.

Log file says... A SocketException was thrown with SocketError ConnectionRefused 08/26/2011 20:48:15 13 INF Connect has been refused for port 43171, so we will consider this a free port. Exception thrown was SPException. Exception message No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 169.254.199.201:43171, Exception type System.Net.Sockets.SocketException, Exception source System, Exception stack at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient..ctor(String hostname, Int32 port) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioning.GenerateUniquePort(Int32 maxTries, Int32 minimumPort, Int32 maximumPort). 08/26/2011 20:48:15 13 INF Adding port 43171 to the exclusion list so it is not chosen again 08/26/2011 20:48:15 13 INF Entering function SPEvaluatorModeProvisioning.AddExcludedPort 08/26/2011 20:48:15 13 INF Leaving function SPEvaluatorModeProvisioning.AddExcludedPort 08/26/2011 20:48:15 13 INF Leaving function SPEvaluatorModeProvisioning.GenerateUniquePort

Answer 1

I dumped the Virtual PC and started from scratch using "How to Create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: The Whole 9 Yards" http://www.pptspaces.com/sharepointreporterblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=28 SharePoint is now running.