I'm trying to run the SharePoint Products and Tech Config wizard on a WSS3 SharePoint server to resolve an issue caused by Windows updates. It's a standalone server, with the Windows Internal Database. The wizard fails from the GUI, so im trying to use the command "psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait (also tried with -force) It gets to Performing configuration task 3 of 4 then fails "An exception of type Microsoft.Sharepoint.Upgrade.SPUpgrade Exception was thrown" In the log file its reporting this: [SPManager] [ERROR] [6/17/2010 8:49:48 AM]: Upgrade [SPSearchDatabase Name=Search Parent=SPDatabaseServiceInstance Name=Microsoft##SSEE] failed. [SPManager] [ERROR] [6/17/2010 8:49:48 AM]: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed. [SPManager] [ERROR] [6/17/2010 8:49:48 AM]: at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout) Cant get the server back up without running this, any ideas?

If you reboot your server and run SharePoint Products and Tech Config wizard, any effect? additianally, does any error in Event Viewer?

Gets all the way to part 9 of 10 then fails again. Error at the top of the list in Application Log is Event ID104: Failed to register SharePoint services. An exception of type System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException was thrown. Additional exception information: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed. System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed. at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Win32.SPAdvApi32.StartService(String strServiceName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWindowsServiceInstance.Start() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWindowsServiceInstance.Provision(Boolean start) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWindowsServiceInstance.Provision() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance.Provision() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServiceInstanceInConfigDB(Boolean provisionTheServiceInstanceToo, String serviceInstanceRegistryKeyName, Object sharepointServiceObject) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServiceInstances(Boolean provisionTheServiceInstancesToo, String serviceRegistryKeyName, Object sharepointServiceObject) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServices(Boolean provisionTheServicesToo) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.Run()