the specified value for the locstringid parameter is outside the bounds of this enum

This was a rarity. SharePoint 2010 threw up the error, whilst trying to create a new Web Application:

The error was:

the specified value for the locstringid parameter is outside the bounds of this enum

and there’s nothing extra in the logs about the specifics of the problem. So, as usual, I put that in to Google - and it was completely clueless!

(I tried “Binging” it, just for a laugh, which although yielded results, none were helpful.)

I’ve love to say that I found a cause of the error, but I’m afraid I didn’t. This was in my Dev environment so it could have been any number of bizarre things going on to cause this. Updating to SharePoint 2010 SP1 did resolve the problem, however, but it’s hardly a robust solution. If you can shed any light on what may be happening, please post a comment.