I would like to install sharepoint server 2010 on windows 8.1 enterprise without Hyper-V as the organization policy does not allow us to user Hyper-V. At the end of the installation while sharepoint configuration wizard is running, it thre a "Configuration Failed" exception. Failed to create configuration database as shown below. Kindly help.

Windows 8 isn't a supported OS for SharePoint (any version). You can hack it into place but it's not worth the trouble and not a fit platform for development in my eyes.

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/iersoy/installing-sharepoint-server-2010-in-windows-8/

The instructions for installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 8 are pretty much the same as they were on Windows 7 x64.  You do still need to make sure you create the custom config file to do the install.  You can find a full set of  instructions to install on Windows 7 on my blog here:

http://www.dontpapanic.com/blog/?p=96

The one additional thing you need to do is make sure that when you install IIS you are using ASP.net 2.0 instead of ASP.Net 4.0.  Windows 8 will default to 4.0.  You can read more about that here:

http://johnlivingstontech.blogspot.com/2011/09/installing-sharepoint-2010-on-windows-8.html

I should however point out that although you can install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 8 its not really a supported platform and even on Windows 7 its only supported as a Dev environment.  Its never been supported for any kind of production usage.

Hi alex,

Yes, i did read those links and also know that it is not offically supported. 

I know that and it can be "hacked" so I was looking for help as well, I cannot use Hyper-V. It would be great if I can get this issue resolved as it would help many such developers like me who use windows 8 without hyper -V