Environment WSS 3.0 stand alone installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. A lot of updates like KB982666,KB2467659,KB2419640 were installed and from then we are getting the error "Cannot connect to the configuration database." Have tried IISreset , and psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force , we get the following error An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. Additional ex ception information: Cannot start service SPTimerV3 on computer '.'. Total number of configuration settings run: 3 Total number of successful configuration settings: 2 Total number of unsuccessful configuration settings: 1 Successfully stopped the configuration of SharePoint Products and Technologies. Configuration of SharePoint Products and Technologies failed. Configuration mus t be performed before you use SharePoint Products and Technologies. For further details, see the diagnostic log located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Micros oft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_1_7_2009_9_40_58_104_182 0900716.log and the application event log. Any help would be greatly apprecitated. Thanks!

Hi, first try to start Windows SharePoint Services Timer in service.msc console using farm admin account. After that try eith same psconfig command Please let us know after this testing.Regards, Pratik Vyas | SharePoint Consultant | http://sharepointpratik.blogspot.com/

Hi, According to your description, I suggest that you should Modify the service timeout values in the Registry after that: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control add/modify DWORD value ServicesPipeTimeout to 60000 (60 seconds) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control add/modify STRING value WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 120000 (120 seconds) Restart the server machine. Please have a try. Best regards David Hu

HI David's suggestion worked :) @Pratik.. we tried.. but it did not work..:(