I did a clean install of WSS 3.0 SP2 onto a test server. After the WSS 30 install I get the follwoing messge "sharepoint products and technologies configuration wizard has stopped working". I can't get anywhere at this point. I even tried to remove WSS, but get the same error

Test server running which Operating system (and perhaps even which version of which operating system? 64-bit or not? FAQ sites: (SP 2010) http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com; (v3) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com and (WSS 2.0) http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com Complete Book Lists (incl. foreign language) on each site.

Test server running which Operating system (and perhaps even which version of which operating system? 64-bit or not? FAQ sites: (SP 2010) http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com; (v3) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com and (WSS 2.0) http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com Complete Book Lists (incl. foreign language) on each site.

Server 2008 SP2 64 bit Standard Edition

Hi rbayne, When you got the error, could you please let me know the detailed error information in Event Viewer? If your WSS 3.0 installation is successful, you could try to run SharePoint products and technologies configuration wizard manually with Run as administrator option. And please let me know if this time the wizard is successfully processed. If the above suggestion is not helpful, please let me know more information for further investigation: 1. Did you download the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 x64 with Service Pack 2 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FB41E51-CB03-4B47-B89A-396786492CBA&displaylang=en) from the official site? If not, please download it and install again. 2. If possible, could you please try install WSS 3.0 SP2 on another clear machine? And what is the result? Let me know the result if possible. Lambert Qin TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Sincerely, Lambert Qin Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Did you reboot the machine after seeing this error? As Lambert mentioned, can you provide us with more details about which WSS 3.0 did you try to install (32 or 64 bit)? Also would like to know any event viewer entries so that we can help u.

I got the same issue when trying to install WSS 3.0 SP2 on Win Server 2008 R2. I downloaded it from official website 2 times and tried a few hours, no luck. I even cannot uninstall that because of this error. Here is the addtional error log: Description: Stopped working Problem signature: Problem Event Name: CLR20r3 Problem Signature 01: psconfigui.exe Problem Signature 02: 12.0.6413.1000 Problem Signature 03: 4902dc1f Problem Signature 04: psconfigUI Problem Signature 05: 12.0.0.0 Problem Signature 06: 4902dc1f Problem Signature 07: 15 Problem Signature 08: 14 Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.272.7 Locale ID: 1033 Read our privacy statement online: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409 If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline: C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt

I'm having the exact same issue. Was anyone ever able to come up with a resolution for this?

I have fixed the problem,you should set up sharepoint 2007 sp2. Office SharePoint Server 2007 supports SQL Server 2008. However, you must install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 or later and Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 or later in order to use SQL Server 2008. Office SharePoint Server 2007 also supports SQL Server 2008 R2. Ensure that you have installed Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later. thanks!