Installed SP Foundation SP1 thne SP Server SP1, also installed August Foundation Cumulative Update and the Server CU.
While running the Configuration Wizard the upgrade bombs.
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF A NotifyEventArgs event received in TaskNotifyEventHandler. Task:
applicationcontent NotifyEventArgs.EventCriticalityType: Installing the SharePoint Web Application content files... Message: info
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Acquiring the reader lock to retrieve the state
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Releasing the reader lock to retrieve the state
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Acquiring the reader lock to retrieve the state
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Releasing the reader lock to retrieve the state
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Updating the task notification additional message label
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our
trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Leaving function ConfigurationProgressForm.InvokeTaskNotifyEventHandler
10/12/2011 06:37:41 13 INF Sleeping an extra 1 ms so things don't go too fast for the user for this task
10/12/2011 06:37:41 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked
image
10/12/2011 06:37:41 13 INF Leaving function PsconfigBaseForm.TaskNotifyEventHandler
10/12/2011 06:37:41 13 INF Leaving function TaskBase.FireTaskNotify
10/12/2011 06:37:41 13 INF Leaving function TaskBase.OnTaskNotify
10/12/2011 06:37:42 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:42 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:42 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:42 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:42 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:42 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
10/12/2011 06:37:44 13 ERR Task applicationcontent has failed with an unknown exception
10/12/2011 06:37:44 13 ERR Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
Any help would be appreciated.