Error 404 Not Found on SharePoint My Site

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/93e454d0-2044-40bd-b9d3-6c9628c2198a/

Steps I performed:

1. Central Administration > Application Management > New Application (Template: Enterprise > My Site Host) > New Site Collection
   
2. Then created a new site at URL /sites/personal
   
3. Shared Service Provider > My Site Settings > Personal Site Services = Give the URL created in step 1
   
4. Enter location or keep the existing text in the Personal Site Location textbox
   
5. Click OK
   
6. Shared Service Provider > Trusted My Site Host Locations > Add your site URL and allow the target audience
   
7. Try to create a my site
   
8. If you get any request timed out error, make sure your application user is the farm administrator
   
   http://sharepointkb.org/Your_personal_site_cannot_be_created_because_Self-Service_Site_Creation_is_not_enabled.
   
9. Restart IIS and ur my site should work now