http://blogs.technet.com/b/victorbutuza/archive/2012/08/13/404-error-on-a-sharepoint-site-comexception-0x80004005-the-operation-cannot-be-completed-successfully.aspxHere's one behavior that you might see. Since the error is not that enlightening and the logs do not tell you what happens, I thought it's usefull to document it. You have configured your farm and attempt to browse to the site you created. Insteaden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/victorbutuza/archive/2012/08/13/404-error-on-a-sharepoint-site-comexception-0x80004005-the-operation-cannot-be-completed-successfully.aspx#3543595Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:15:04 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543595Cornelius J. van Dyk<p>This is really good to know. &nbsp;I have actually seen this problem before. :-)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543595" width="1" height="1">